Chrome, Firefox, IE 10, Java, Win 8 All Hacked At Pwn2Own

mask.of.sanity writes "Annual Canadian hack fest Pwn2Own is famous for leaving a trail of bloodied software bits and today it did not disappoint. Security researchers tore holes through all major web browsers, breaking Windows 8 and Java, too (though the latter feat is not remarkable). Thankfully for the rest of us, the cashed-up winners will disclose the holes quietly to Microsoft, Mozilla, Google and Oracle, and the proof of concept attack code will remain in the hands of organisers only."

Comments

No love for Safari?

[Sponge Bath]

$100,000 for popping Chrome on Windows 7; the same for hacking Internet Explorer 10 on Win 8; $75,000 for ripping up IE9 on Win 7; $60,000 for owning Firefox on Win 7; and $65,000 for exploiting Apple Safari on OS X Mountain Lion.

$65K was not enough to bang up Safari?

Re:No love for Safari?

[Shados]

The browser that probably accounts for more traffic than the built in android browser

Built in android browser? Let see... ::pulls out his nexus phone...::

You mean Chrome?

Oh wait, you mean the OLD android browser, from the version of android that barely worked on the internet at all, even though it still has more marketshare.

Yeah, no surprise that that shitty browser isn't on the radar either.

Re:Fundamentally Flawed

[alen]

apple did something like this with the latest version of OS X and the ability to block the install of any software outside of their app store

but the slashtarts were up in arms about this and how it violates their rights and whatever

Re:Fundamentally Flawed

[smash]

ChromeOS was designed to make google money out of the box. Secure out of the box is/was primary marketing slogan.

Re:Fundamentally Flawed

[fredprado]

For OS X it still is customizable. It won't be for long, though. For iOS it is not and never was.

How it feels to be stupid, sheeple?