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>