Pwn2own 2014 Set To Hunt Unicorns

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 3, 2014 @03:19AM from the crack-it-if-you-can dept.

darthcamaro writes "The annual Pwn2own hacking competition has always made short work of all browser vendors' security, shredding perception of safety by hacking IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome in minutes. This year the competition is adding a twist — for IE on Windows 8.1, hackers will also have to bypass Microsoft EMET, which is a seemingly bulletproof type of sandbox. The competition is calling this the 'Unicorn Exploit' and the first researcher to successful exploit it will pocket $150,000."

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Re:"In minutes" by Daniel+Hoffmann · 2014-02-03 03:43 · Score: 5, Funny

But don't they just type the hack really fast at a moments notice just like in the movies? Hollywood you lied to me!
Re:Snowden already did by Videospike · 2014-02-03 04:50 · Score: 3, Funny

Actually, his name is Edward, not Ed, which rearranges into "Wanded Wonders". So there you have it. Snowden is a wizard, and he hacked the NSA with magic. Any other explanation is absurd.