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Adobe Knew of Vista PWN 2 OWN Hack All Along

The PWN 2OWN contest, as we all know, saw the Mac OS X weed crumble first, with Vista following soon after. Ubuntu was the only OS that was impenetrable to attack, but news is surfacing that Vista should have had a longer lifeline, if only Adobe had patched the flaw they knew about all along. More »

3:30 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Haroon Malik
17,699 views, 52 comments

Latest by blue moon: The best part of all the fall out from the pwn2own contest was the quote from the guy to took down Vista: He said that the same flaw would take down Linux, but he just didn't want to bother. So, Linux more »

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T Pities Fool Who Bids on Hacked Fujitsu U810 With Live Virus "Still Present"

Shane Macaulay, the hacker who beat a Vista-powered Fujitsu in last week's CanSec West PWN 2 OWN contest has listed the UMPC—with virus "still likely present"—on eBay. Some say this might be Macaulay's idea of a joke, but T doesn't think it's funny when hackers joke around with exploits, especially an Adobe Flash exploit that might "affect 90 percent of computers worldwide." Mac's alleged rationale:
This laptop is a good case study for any forensics group/company/individual that wants to prove how cool they are, and a live example, not canned of what a typical incident responce sitchiation [sic] would look like.
Note: We can't spot an April 1 listing of any Fujitsu U810 on eBay. [InfoWorld]

9:15 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Wilson Rothman
2,031 views, 12 comments

Latest by firesign: who the hell buys a used computer and doesn't totally wipe and redo the drive? i pity the foo'! more »

hacker superbowl

Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here

Organizers behind the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver are putting together a "hacker superbowl" of sorts, pitting attendees' skills against Vista, Mac OS X and Linux. Dubbed PWN 2 OWN (ewwww), the objective is to develop a brand-new "zero day" attack to take control of one of the three operating systems loaded onto laptops. There's a grand prize of $20,000, and the hacked laptop will go to the first contestant to pull it off. So, the question is—which OS do you think will go down first? UPDATE: A winner has been announced! Vote and then hit the jump to see if you were correct.

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5:50 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Sean Fallon
33,774 views, 62 comments

Latest by Xenocide: No surprises here. Linux is secure through openness. Windows is secure through repair. Mac is secure through obscurity. Guess which is the least effective model. more »