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Pwn2Own: Chrome, Android, Firefox own; Safari, IE8, iOS, BB get pwned
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article published on 11 March, 2011
Two days into the Pwn2Own hacking challenge, only a few still remain.
So far, hackers have not been able to exploit Mozilla Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome, and the mobile Android OS.
Victims of the contest include Internet Explorer 8, Apple Safari 5, iOS 4 and BlackBerry.
All the security researchers who manage to exploit the browsers or operating systems take home a cash prize of $15,000 ... [ read the full article ]
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jookycola
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11. March 2011 @ 17:01 |
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So much for the whole Apples can NEVER get a virus B.S.
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lissenup2
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11. March 2011 @ 17:26 |
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Originally posted by jookycola:
So much for the whole Apples can NEVER get a virus B.S.
That was never the case but blinded Apple users firmly believe that it is.
On another note, I gotta change my profession and just hack the world away and get payouts like this for an income.
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11. March 2011 @ 17:36 |
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lissenup2
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11. March 2011 @ 18:31 |
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Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
According to the article about Pwn2Own on Ars Technica a new set of rules this year for the competition state that the clients were "frozen" a week before competition started and if a hackers flaw worked on the "frozen" version they would "Own" the hardware.
However, if the hacker wanted the cash the flaw must exist in a fully-patched version, even if it was released the day of Pwn2Own:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/03/pwn2own-day-one-safari-ie8-fall-chrome-unchallenged.ars
Oh man.........what you just said was like hieroglyphics to me.
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11. March 2011 @ 18:42 |
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Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
According to the article about Pwn2Own on Ars Technica a new set of rules this year for the competition state that the clients were "frozen" a week before competition started and if a hackers flaw worked on the "frozen" version they would "Own" the hardware.
However, if the hacker wanted the cash the flaw must exist in a fully-patched version, even if it was released the day of Pwn2Own:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/03/pwn2own-day-one-safari-ie8-fall-chrome-unchallenged.ars
Idk about you brother, but I want to the $15k, I don't care about being able to say I "owned" the browser lol
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11. March 2011 @ 21:56 |
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Originally posted by lissenup2:
Oh man.........what you just said was like hieroglyphics to me.
Basically, if you hack the browser you get the hardware (the laptop) it was setup on. If your hack also works on the latest version (even if it was released the day of Pwn2Own) you get $15k in cash and the hardware.
Originally posted by DVDBack23:
Idk about you brother, but I want to the $15k, I don't care about being able to say I "owned" the browser lol
For sure, I'm in that same boat. I'd much rather have $15-20k in cash instead of a $1000-$2500 laptop. As I stated above, I believe you get both the hardware and the cash if your hack works on the newest version of the browser.
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xnonsuchx
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12. March 2011 @ 01:16 |
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Originally posted by jookycola:
So much for the whole Apples can NEVER get a virus B.S.
While too many devotees imply NO viruses on a Mac, they're still very rare to come by...especially the nasty ones. Of course, if people knew what they were doing with their computers (no matter what OS), they wouldn't need ANY protection other than their good sense.
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12. March 2011 @ 03:08 |
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OSX viruses are a bit like OSX software...hard to find and lacking capabilities.
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shortybob
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12. March 2011 @ 09:06 |
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Anyone that still uses Safari... Well I wouldn't say they deserve to get hacked, but c'mon, get with the times...
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13. March 2011 @ 23:45 |
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Safari might not be as good as freeware, but at least it is better than Internet Exploiter; they didn't even bother including it in the competition...that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel, with a shotgun.
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wmccusker
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14. March 2011 @ 14:32 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Safari might not be as good as freeware, but at least it is better than Internet Exploiter; they didn't even bother including it in the competition...that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel, with a shotgun.
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Pwn2Own: Chrome, Android, Firefox own; Safari, IE8, iOS, BB get pwned
I think you missed that but, but your comment about how bad it is still stands.
Also any gun will kill a fish in a barrel, even a .22
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