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Pwn2Own 2009 Winner Charlie Miller Interviewed

Posted by samzenpus on from the chief-hacker dept.

crazipper writes "Tom's Hardware interviewed Charlie Miller, winner of this year's Pwn2Own contest and formerly with the NSA. He discusses the effort it took before the contest to be able to take down a MacBook within seconds, sandboxing, and the effectiveness of the NX bit and ASLR. His outlook on end-users protecting themselves against attacks? 'Users are at the mercy of the products they buy.'"

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  1. in other movies.. by vancondo · · Score: 2, Funny

    The first rule
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    about robot overlords is
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    we don't talk about robot overlords
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    !!!
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    1. Re:in other movies.. by djupedal · · Score: 2, Funny

      we don't talk about robot overlords

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      Ya, know.... I thought about that. Then I thought...what if they know what I'm thinking?!!

      So then, naturally, I didn't think about that. Showed them!

  2. Re:Users are at the mercy of the products they buy by Aphoxema · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because the EULA says so.

    *dodges rotten tomatoes*

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    "Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
  3. Re:pwnd & ownD by adavies42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    burma shave

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    Media that can be recorded and distributed can be recorded and distributed.
    -kfg
  4. How can you not love this guy? by mindstormpt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've spent a lot of my research time on Macs because I like them and they also happen to be pretty easy to break!

    Every time you quote this, somewhere in the world a mac zealot's head explodes. I just did my part :P

  5. ASLR? by tux0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... 24/M/Australia/Jedi?

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    ( Redundancy is ) ^ n
  6. Re:Grandma can't run Linux? by AHuxley · · Score: 3, Funny

    If grandma needs to use Linux, she just seduces a 20 something... and gets any task done correctly and for free.
    Thats where grandma's decades of real life experience is more useful than a 20 something's decade in moms basement.
    Grandma can seduce her way onto any OS or system or network.
    Or just have the best looking forum, blog, webpage or social networking page ever.
    The best part is she passed the same skills onto her daughter too.

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    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  7. Re:NX and ASLR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What exactly requires/justifies such heavy security?

    Boredom.