Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
appleinsider.com - 3/19/2009
Mac security researcher wins Pwn2Own contest
—
In a repeat performance of last year, security researcher Charlie Miller arrived at the CanSecWest conference this week with a prepared exploit to use in cracking Safari running on Mac OS X. Unsurprisingly, Miller was able to use his exploit to immediately win the event's "Pwn2Own" ...

Blog Reactions

MacDailyNews:  Safari hack wins Pwn2Own; Triggers annual feeding day for Windows sufferers’ Stockholm Syndrome

Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds
blogs.zdnet.com - 3/18/2009
Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds
— blogs.zdnet.com — [ UPDATE: IE 8 and Safari also falls ] VANCOUVER, BC — Charlie Miller has done it again. For the second consecutive year, the security researcher hacked into a fully patched MacBook computer by exploiting a security vulnerability in ... (more) Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds

Comments vote down Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk found this 3/18/2009found this
Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own
arstechnica.com - 3/20/2009
Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own
— arstechnica.com — Browser vendors often make strong claims about their responsiveness to vulnerability reports and their ability to preemptively prevent exploits. Security is becoming one of the most significant fronts in the new round of browser wars, but ... (more) Chrome only browser left standing after day one of Pwn2Own

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 3/20/2009found this
Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari
blogs.zdnet.com - 3/19/2009
Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari
— blogs.zdnet.com — VANCOUVER, BC — It took a while longer but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 did not survive the hacker onslaught at this year’s CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest. [ ALSO SEE: Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds ] A security ... (more) Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari

Comments vote down AppleInsider found this 3/19/2009found this
Comments
Blog Reactions

Safari hack wins Pwn2Own; Triggers annual feeding day for Windows sufferers’ Stockholm Syndrome
MacDailyNews — ... are vast numbers of machines that are not promptly updated with the patches that do exist, resulting in fleets of vulnerable botnets that actively distribute new attacks to other systems. These two problems aggravate each other to create the Windows security crisis... Mac OS X continues to have no real viruses, while Windows users continue to be plagued by viruses, adware, and other security problems," McLean reports. There's much more in the full article - highly recommended - here . MacDailyNews Take: The bad news is that these contests twist reality in order to generate ...

Related: charlie miller exploit
ExtraBITS for 23-Mar-09 — TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us
Safari Exploited in 10 Seconds in Security Contest -- Security researcher Charlie Miller has cut his time to "pwn" (take full control of an operating system via an exploit) from 2 minutes to 10 seconds at the CanSecWest PWN2OWN contest. He was sitting on a previously discovered exploit that ...
“NO MORE FREE BUGS,” says Pwn2Own hacker, Charlie Miller — D' Technology Weblog
Charlie Miller in an interview talks about how Mac OS X is a very simple operating system to exploit due to the lack of any form of anti-exploit features. He also explains that the underlying operating system is much more important in creating a successful exploit than the bowser, ...
External Link: Safari Cracked in 10 Seconds in Contest — TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us
Charlie Miller has cut his time to PWN (take full control of an operating system via an exploit) from two minutes to 10 seconds at the CanSecWest PWN2OWN contest. The researcher was sitting on an exploit he discovered last year which he pre-loaded onto a remote Web site. When a fully patched Mac ...
Safari, IE 8 and Firefox exploited in first day of hacking contest — TechSpot
Security researcher Charlie Miller, who last year managed to gain control of a MacBook through a Safari browser exploit in under two minutes, improved his mark today at the Pwn2Own event, repeating the feat in less than 10 seconds. In fact, he did so with all system and browser security updates ...
Safari hack, ‘boringly predictable charade’ — p2pnet news
p2pnet news view | Security:- A security expert who last year pulled in $10K for hacking a MacBook Air in less than two minutes has done it again. This time, he won a mere $5,000. On the other hand, though, the exploit only took him 10 seconds or so. “Charlie Miller, principal ...
Safari hacked in a flash at Pwn2Own 2009, Firefox and IE8 follow — Download Squad
Security pro Charlie Miller came in to Pwn2Own 2009 with a plan, and things unfolded exactly the way he wanted them to. Within seconds of the competition's start, he had already gained control over the fully-patched MacBook running Apple's Safari web browser. "It took a couple of seconds. ...
The Pwn2Own trifecta: Safari, IE 8, and Firefox exploited on day 1 — Engadget
That didn't take long. One day into the Pwn2Own hacking competition at CanSecWest and already Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla have been sent packing to their respective labs to work on security issues in their browsers. In a repeat performance, Charlie Miller pocketed a $5,000 cash prize and a ...
Safari hacked in seconds; IE8 & Firefox fall soon after — SlashGear
Security researcher Charlie Miller has shown how he can hack into a MacBook notebook in a matter of seconds, via a Safari exploit that currently remains unaddressed. The demonstration was part of Pwn2Own 2009, a competition in which hackers attempt to break various platforms in the fastest ...
Security Expert Hacks a Mac in Seconds — Cult of Mac
Charlie Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators , used a security exploit in Safari 4 to hack into a MacBook in about 10 seconds Wednesday, winning the Pwn2own contest at the CanSecWest security conference for the second year in a row. The security hole, ...
As Predicted, Safari First to Fall in Pwn2Own Hacking Contest — Maximum PC all RSS Feed
It was a year ago that security researcher Charlie Miller walked away with $10,000 for hacking into a MacBook Air with Safari in just two minutes during the annual Pwn2Own competition, and earlier this month Miller predicted Safari would be the ...
Safari hole exploited in seconds at security conference — CNET News - Security
Updated at 5:53 p.m. PDT with information on a second winner at the ongoing contest. Charlie Miller won $5,000 after demonstrating a new Safari exploit as part of the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest. (Credit: Elinor Mills/CNET)  ...