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    Your iPhone Will Be Safe From Random Hijackings By Tomorrow (Update: Patch Is Out Now)

    'Power-Line Exploit' Logs Your Keystrokes Using Outlets, Lasers

    Winning Pwn2Own Hacker: Macs Are Safer Than PCs

    Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition

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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    07/31/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Will Be Safe From Random Hijackings By Tomorrow (Update: Patch Is Out Now)
    android and tmobile to have OTA updates, so that should help. Windows just ignores any security threat at this point. to many of them
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    Image of NNTPgrip NNTPgrip
    07/31/09

    In reply to Your iPhone Will Be Safe From Random Hijackings By Tomorrow (Update: Patch Is Out Now)
    Can we get a 3.0.1 so i can get back to the stability/battery we had with 2.2.1?

    or... I guess we'll have to wait till Sept. for 3.1
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/31/09

    @NNTPgrip: You'll have to wait until March
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    07/12/09

    In reply to 'Power-Line Exploit' Logs Your Keystrokes Using Outlets, Lasers
    All you need to do is enter your passwords and important info with a soft keyboard, like you do when you go to INGdirect.com.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    07/12/09

    In reply to 'Power-Line Exploit' Logs Your Keystrokes Using Outlets, Lasers
    The frequency ranges they mention sound closer to PS/2, not USB. And laptop keyboards skip the whole cable thing. So a matte black laptop seems to be your best bet. I'm going to etrade to gran some Lenovo now.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    07/12/09

    @dingus: I remember reading about a similar device in the late 90's or early 2K. I wonder if this is just the same device reborn.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/26/09

    In reply to Winning Pwn2Own Hacker: Macs Are Safer Than PCs
    One thing I still don't understand is: OK, so we've established that hackers just don't care about OS X as much, but whenever you read through comment strings on forums about OS X's safety compared to Windows, there's often at least one person saying "Man I should just script some crazy shit and wipe the iSmirk off of their smug faces", but nothing ever really happens. I know a lot of people like to talk shit online, but you'd think that someone would do it just because it can be done, not to actually gain anything material from the machines.
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    Image of Isaac Boehman Isaac Boehman
    03/26/09

    In reply to Winning Pwn2Own Hacker: Macs Are Safer Than PCs
    The link to the "took over a MacBook through Safari in 10 seconds" article is broken. It leads to [localhost]
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    03/26/09

    @Isaac Boehman: Because I suck at copy + paste. I blame my iPhone.
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    Image of Isaac Boehman Isaac Boehman
    03/26/09

    @matt buchanan: Not running 2.2.1?
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    03/26/09

    @Isaac Boehman: No, it's because I am.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    iPhone will be the first to fall, there is so much research being done into exploiting it just to open the phone up it'll be first. Only chance it's got is if it's running 3.0 beta.


    Android is a wild card, it's either going to fall shortly after the iPhone or it'll fall last, if at all. The double edged sword of an open OS, all the vulnerabilities are there to see, but since there are no restrictions on what you can do there isn't as much incentive to try and break it.


    Symbian, due to it's global market share dominance, will fall second or third, depending on where Android drops.


    I'm not sure which will get broken next, WinMo or BB. There's a reason WinMo is the OS on the only NSA approved smartphone, but at the same time BB would not be the success it is in the corporate world if it wasn't secure.

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    Image of Gerb Gerb
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    No mention of Opera. Phew, I'm safe.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    03/19/09

    @Gerb: it's not offered int he competition.
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    Image of shenanigans shenanigans
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    That's kind of embarrassing for Safari. Considering the fact that most of here won't even touch IE with a ten foot pole, and is hated by web developers such as myself to a certain extent. I can't believe it still takes a couple of hours to crack IE & Firefox.


    I'm not hating on Apple, but their security by obscurity is catching up to them real fast, and they need to do something about it before they get caught with their pants down.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    03/19/09

    @shenanigans: "...before they get caught with their pants down."


    Frankly, that describes some of my happiest moments.

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    Image of GotMex? GotMex?
    03/19/09

    @shenanigans: Security by obscurity? How is that related to these exploits...
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    Image of Groz Groz
    03/19/09

    @GotMex?: In other words, nobody cares enough to try the exploits on the whole six people who use Safari or a Mac. It's secure because the hackers aim for the bigger fish.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    03/19/09

    @Groz: "...the whole six people who use Safari or a Mac...hackers aim for the bigger fish."


    Wow! Lucky for you then, Groz, that they aim for bigger fish, not bigger asshats.


    And, no, I don't disparage you just because of this one slightly-trollish comment. I disparage you based on your history of trollish-commenting.

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    Image of ⌘Z ⌘Z
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    10 seconds? it's like a nerdier 3 fast 3 furious.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/19/09

    @the new face of racial america: You almost hacked me? You never hacked me - you never hacked your cpu... Vista crackin' not Linux crackin' like you should. You're lucky that 3gb shot of RAM didn't blow the welds on the heat sync! You almost hacked me?


    Ask any leeter. Any real leeter. It don't matter if you win by an kb or a Gb. Winning's winning.

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    Image of jlarroulet jlarroulet
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    On the mobile competition, WinMo will definitely go first, then Symbian, iPhone, Blackberry and Android


    I guess I'll move back to Lynx for my web reading then....

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    Image of Nick Nick
    03/19/09

    @jlarroulet: that was dumb. why would you assume that other than to hate on WinMo?
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    Image of BrianEsser BrianEsser
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    I'm not scared. I have finallyfast.com backing me up. My computers fast, finally!
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    Image of wolfenstein-3d wolfenstein-3d
    03/19/09

    @BrianEsser: lol, you win
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    Image of mrzippy mrzippy
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    Actually he didn't hack Safari in 10 seconds, he had already laid the groundwork before hand...


    All he did was load a website with the exploit in 10 seconds.

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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    03/19/09

    @mrzippy: Well, the exploit ran in under 10 seconds. This is important because some exploits may take longer, or require more user interaction. This under 10 secs thing means to me that as soon as you visit a compromised site, you're screwed
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    Image of Citizen Kang Citizen Kang
    03/19/09

    @the_sidewinder:


    That's pretty much what would happen if I ever met Natalie Portman. 10 seconds after we meet...BOOM...I've been morally compromised.

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    Image of Troy Stockton Troy Stockton
    03/19/09

    @Citizen Kang: check out natalie portman's rap. I hear she likes to f*uck. It's on the Lonely Island album
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/19/09

    @mrzippy: Not only did they probably spend months learning about the exploits, but they spent years of their lives learning computers and getting various training. You could argue that it took this person twenty some years to hack into this thing, and the hack of IE took twenty some years plus an hour. Not certain that is going to change the perception, however.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/19/09

    @Troy Stockton: Yeah, all you have to do is tell you that you love her and boom. Too bad that while she's riding you she'll slit your throat and pump nitrous down the hole so that while you laugh you cry, and while she laughs you die.
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    Image of the_sidewinder the_sidewinder
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    My money is that Symbian will go down first
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/19/09

    @the_sidewinder: When I think of "Symbian", I picture in my mind a Sybian. It is truly an unfortunate association, or fortunate, depending on what mood I'm in.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/19/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: At least it isn't a simian on a sybian using a symbian...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/19/09

    @Lite: is punching people who are about to eat.: But monkey porn is the best kind of porn.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    03/19/09

    @Lite: is punching people who are about to eat.:

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/19/09

    @SpaceBat_GitEmSteveDave: Except that's Whiplash...


    Of course it always reminds me of this song about the Headless Cowboy Monkey.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/19/09

    @the_sidewinder: I'm thinking it will be at least third or maybe fourth to knuckle under..
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    03/19/09

    In reply to Safari Cracked in Seconds at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
    What version of Safari did he crack? The official, or beta?
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