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MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWN

MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWNthe detailshere is more info:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/27/day-two-of-cansecwest-pwn-to-own---we-have-our-first-official-winner-with-pictureRE: MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWNThat's a little sad since Mac's claim to fame is a low vulnerability to such things. Pretty soon they'll have to play ball with antivirus software...

Tags: Notebooks, PWN 2 OWN, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, exploit, Zero Day Initiative

Discussion threads 2008-03-27

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Mac OS X vulnerable to 6-month old Java flaw

Mac OS X vulnerable to 6-month old Java flawNah.....Apple designed OSX with security in mind from the start. What, this isn't an OSX flaw? Just goes to show you that you can never be too safe. I would expect that Apple users will make a run on...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, old Java flaw, Java, Java flaw, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., OSX Flaw, security, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Apple snags Ex-OLPC security chief

Apple snags Ex-OLPC security chiefCould it be that Apple likes to change the game?As Harry mentions everyone benefits from Apple's crazy ideas...even if you hate Apple and never use any of their products, you will benefit by what they do. No one else seems to be willing to step outside...

Tags: Apple OSX, Apple Inc., security

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

MacBook and Safari succumb to hackers

Charlie Miller came to Vancouver's CanSecWest security conference to defend his title in the PWN 2 OWN hacking contest. Last year Miller took home the MacBook Air and a $10,000 cash prize Thursday after breaking into the machine. This year Miller's MO was the same, bring the...

Tags: Apple Safari, Apple MacBook, Hacker, Notebooks, Hacking, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-19

10 things Linux does better than OS X

Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...

Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-12-19

$10k hacking contest announced

Israeli software developer Gizmox is challenging hackers to try hacking into the company's Visual WebGui Platform, by offering a $10,000 incentive to those who manage to achieve the objectives of their contest launched at the beginning of the month. What's particularly interesting about the contest is the fact that the...

Tags: Contest, Identity, Gizmox, Hacking, Semantic Web, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?Will it pwn the XO? No, and here's why...the XO and what MIT is cooking up here serve two totally different purposes and audiences. The XO is for teaching children how to collaborate, create content, and learn with a computer. MIT's proposal will...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, laptop computer, CherryPal C100, computer, $100 laptop

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Will the $12 computer pwn the $100 laptop?

A new proposal out of MIT (original home of the so-called $100 laptop from the OLPC) has gotten quite a bit of traction in the blogosphere and around the Web. A group of students, recalling their own early computing experiences in Apple II labs, is attempting to resurrect these...

Tags: Web, Apple II, $100 Laptop, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Laptop Computer, Computer, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Apple should call PayPal's bluff

Apple should call PayPal's bluffIsn't the larger point, ....... why wouldn't Apple simply comply? It would seem that anything that protects their customer's from fraud is a good thing. Why does it always have to be Apple's way or the highway?Blaming the victimThis is nothing more than pay-pal...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, Spam, SECURITY, Operating systems, PayPal, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, operating system, phishing

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

The Big Apple bites off Apple logo

The Big Apple bites off Apple logoApple vs. Big AppleI'm a fan of Apple, buasn't NY been known as The Big Apple for longer than Apple's been around? Come on. The logos don't look that similar to me.RE: The Big Apple bites off Apple logoYeah they look nothing...

Tags: Apple Inc., Big Apple

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1

Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 faster on Mac OS X than Safari 3.1Just how can MS let a bunch of punks beat them so badly? MS has the bestpaid employees on the planet, the best road map just ask Steve Balmer, and the most to lose. What gives here????RE: Firefox 3.0...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Java, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

Interview with the Vista Pwn2Own contest winners

Update 04/03/2008: I've updated the article as apparently the link to k2's blog was broken.  Also, it's important to note that Derek Callaway was a part of this research and exploitation as well, and I neglected to mention that. So obviously our coverage of the Pwn2Own contest has...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, JavaScript, Microsoft Windows Vista, Exploit, Data Execution Prevention, Flaw, Nate, Programming Languages, Java, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-04-02

Pwn2Own: What OS really won?

Pwn2Own: What OS really won?They all lost!In my opinion, the Flash flaw would've been able to compromise any of the OS's, so I would say they all lost. BUT, if I had to go on who lost the most, I'd go as follows:1.) Mac OS X - A flaw...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, operating system, Pwn2Own, flaw, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

MacBook Air first to fall in hacking competition

The MacBook Air was the first laptop to fall in the CanSecWest hacking contest. Hacker Charlie Miller took home the MacBook Air and a $10,000 cash prize Thursday after breaking into the machine at the CanSecWest security conference's PWN 2 OWN hacking contest. Conference organizers offered a...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Hacking, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-03-31

News to know: MacBook Air hack; Zoho; Windows Search; Comcast

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases first public test build of Windows Search 4.0 Larry Dignan: MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWN EIC podcast: Comcast-BitTorrent; Oracle; Facebook and OpenSocial, Adobe Comcast, BitTorrent kiss, make up...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Comcast Corp., Apple MacBook, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-03-28

MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWN

The MacBook Air fell in two minutes at the CanSecWest security conference's PWN 2 OWN. According to Infoworld, Charlie Miller won the $10,000 prize. Under the contest rules, organizers offered Sony Vaio, Fujitsu U810, and the MacBook as prizes. On day 1 no one won because they...

Tags: Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Charlie Miller, Zero Day Initiative, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-27

Handicapping Apple's iPod launch

Handicapping Apple's iPod launchiPhone sales are not iPod salesA 100-160GB touch iPod will not cannabilize iPhone sales. An iPod does not have phone capabilities and an iPhone cannot store more than 8GB. The two are mutually exclusive.Someone who needs both may get both, but a cheaper phone might...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iPODS, Well Let, iPhone sale, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Rutkowska faces '100ò0undetectable malware' challenge

Rutkowska faces '100ò0undetectable malware' challengeOh what would I do...She is given a choice between two identical laptops. After reading some of her research, the best way to tell would be to check the latency of the laptops and see which one lags more. I think that if anyone...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, malware, JoAnna, Blue Pill, Red Pill, pill

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

FBI: We're not worried about terrorist cyberattack

FBI: We're not worried about terrorist cyberattackWalk Softly & Carry a Big StickDon't JawJack. Just Shut-up & Show Me.Famous Last WordsWasn't it the Oracle dude who declared that his system was "hacker proof" a few years back? Didn't his system get hacked within a few days of that...

Tags: Federal government, FBI, terrorist cyberattack

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

Blazing the trail to Longhorn Server

Blazing the trail to Longhorn ServerBlazing?Given the fact that Longhorn is progressing at a pace rivaling that of most glaciers, I wouldn't have chosen "Blazing the trail to Longhorn Server" as the title of the article.Linux has moved from a back door project to the fastest growing operating system in...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, server

Discussion threads 2004-05-20