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First Pwn2Own 2009 Contest Winners Emerge
mellowdonkey writes "Last year's CanSecWest hacking contest winner, Charlie Miller, does it again this year in the 2009 Pwn2Own contest. Charlie was the first to compromise Safari this year to win a brand spankin new Macbook. Nils, the other winner, was able to use three separate zero day exploits to whack IE8, Firefox, and Safari as well. Full detail and pictures are available from the sponsor, TippingPoint, who acquired all of the exploits through their Zero Day Initiative program."
Nils, the other winner, was able to use three separate zero day exploits to whack IE8, Firefox, and Safari as well.
Wow.
Wow.
But Safari was created by the Gods at Apple....
I'll tell you what's very wrong with the security features of these apps: they're all written in C++.
Firefox Three for the Elven-kings under the sky,
IE Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Netscape Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One Safari for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Apple where the Shadows lie.
One Browser to rule them all, One Browser to find them,
One Browser to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Apple where the Shadows lie.
Is it just me, or does it look like they censored Nils' zipper when he was showing off his winnings?
Actually, if I'm remembering correctly, Charlie Miller DID say that he knew of more ways to crack into a mac. He also said that Mac was just as insecure as Windows and that Windows gets attacked mainly because of the number of people using it.
BURN HIM ! BURN THE HERETIC !
heh, my memory had conflated pcre and perl. That'll teach me to look shit up.
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