Log in

View Full Version : Safari Along With iPhone OS Fail at Pwn2Own Contest


Jeff Campbell
03-26-2010, 04:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/25/apples_iphone_safari_on_mac_exploited_at_annual_hacking_contest.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ng_contest.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Virtually every major browser and operating system were targets at this week's "Pwn2Own" hacking contest, with Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer 8 vulnerabilities exploited, along with flaws in the iPhone OS."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1269554124.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>Once again, first day of competition and Safari along with Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox all failed to foil the hackers. A pair from Germany was also able to get access to a non-jailbroken iPhone to run unauthorized code and unlock the iPhone for use on unapproved carriers. You can read more about it at the <a href="http://cansecwest.com/" target="_blank">CanSecWest site</a>. Luckily they only reveal how they do it to the software companies so they can put in a fix.Â*</p>

Macguy59
03-26-2010, 10:53 PM
Interesting that they didn't include Chrome in the contest.

doogald
03-26-2010, 11:16 PM
Interesting that they didn't include Chrome in the contest.

They did. For the second straight year, it was not exploited. Charlie Miller (the guy who keeps breaking Safari every year, generally in seconds) says that he knows of bugs, but he cannot exploit them.

I can't wait for Chrome to be a bit further along on the Mac. For now, it generally works great, but it really lags doing things like playing Flash video.