Two days into the Pwn2Own hacking challenge, only a few still remain. So far, hackers have not been able to exploit Mozilla Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome, and the mobile Android OS. Victims of the contest include Internet Explorer 8, Apple Safari 5, iOS 4 and BlackBerry. All the security researchers who manage to exploit the browsers or operating systems take home a cash prize of $15,000 ...
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Originally posted by jookycola:That was never the case but blinded Apple users firmly believe that it is.
So much for the whole Apples can NEVER get a virus B.S.
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
According to the article about Pwn2Own on Ars Technica a new set of rules this year for the competition state that the clients were "frozen" a week before competition started and if a hackers flaw worked on the "frozen" version they would "Own" the hardware.
However, if the hacker wanted the cash the flaw must exist in a fully-patched version, even if it was released the day of Pwn2Own:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/03/pwn2own-day-one-safari-ie8-fall-chrome-unchallenged.ars
Originally posted by Pop_Smith:Idk about you brother, but I want to the $15k, I don't care about being able to say I "owned" the browser lol
According to the article about Pwn2Own on Ars Technica a new set of rules this year for the competition state that the clients were "frozen" a week before competition started and if a hackers flaw worked on the "frozen" version they would "Own" the hardware.
However, if the hacker wanted the cash the flaw must exist in a fully-patched version, even if it was released the day of Pwn2Own:
http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/03/pwn2own-day-one-safari-ie8-fall-chrome-unchallenged.ars
Originally posted by lissenup2:Basically, if you hack the browser you get the hardware (the laptop) it was setup on. If your hack also works on the latest version (even if it was released the day of Pwn2Own) you get $15k in cash and the hardware.
Oh man.........what you just said was like hieroglyphics to me.
Originally posted by DVDBack23:For sure, I'm in that same boat. I'd much rather have $15-20k in cash instead of a $1000-$2500 laptop. As I stated above, I believe you get both the hardware and the cash if your hack works on the newest version of the browser.
Idk about you brother, but I want to the $15k, I don't care about being able to say I "owned" the browser lol
Originally posted by jookycola:
So much for the whole Apples can NEVER get a virus B.S.
Originally posted by KillerBug:
Safari might not be as good as freeware, but at least it is better than Internet Exploiter; they didn't even bother including it in the competition...that would have been like shooting fish in a barrel, with a shotgun.
Quote:I think you missed that but, but your comment about how bad it is still stands.
Pwn2Own: Chrome, Android, Firefox own; Safari, IE8, iOS, BB get pwned
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