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- Pwn2Own 2009: Macbook falls in seconds
- Pwn2Own 2009: Macbook falls in secondsAgain?Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, twice shame on me.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!Plummeting computer sales.Plummeting iPhone sales.Plummeting security.What a fantastic week for anyone not emotionally invested in Apple! :)HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!I had to read it again. OS X fell in SECONDS??!!??!!And Windows 7 is still standing??!!??!!Hmm, in...
- Tags: Desktops, Well Windows, Pwn2Own 2009, Apple Inc., security, Apple MacBook, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
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- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holesWhat this article doesn't mention...How many of these 31 "security holes" are mitigated by configuring your server the way Microsoft recommends? Beyond trust released a good report based on last year?s stats on Microsoft Vulnerabilities and what percent of vulnerabilities are mitigated...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Patches, security, Print Spooler
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws
- Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flawsFault EliminationI did see the SVG fix in your article on 10.5.7's release and your relaying of Apple's attribution of discovery to "Nils." Regarding the IE8 issue, this is difficult to research because the signal to noise ratio is real low, but it looks as though...
- Tags: SECURITY, Patches, OSX, IE8, Apple Inc., vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws
- Here's a little ditty that was almost lost in the sheer volume of this week's Mac OS X security update: Apple has finally patched the two vulnerabilities used to win this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest. The two flaws were used by Charlie Miller and a German...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Flaw, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Hacker, Hacking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Critical security hole in Google Chrome
- Critical security hole in Google ChromeDoes the sandboxing mitigate the problem?[i]A failure to properly validate input from a renderer tab process could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly run arbitrary code with the [b]privileges of the logged on user[/b].[/i]Does this apply to v1.x alone or also to...
- Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Apple Inc., vulnerability, Chrome, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers
- Google's decision to silently update the Chrome browser -- without the user's knowledge or consent --Â has put the company at the head of the pack when it comes to securing modern Web browsers. That's the big takeaway from a new study that argues that silent...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Benefit, Internet, Opera Software ASA, Ryan Naraine, Security, Web Browser, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Apple tops PC makers in customer experience survey
- Apple tops PC makers in customer experience surveyApple beat all i switched to Mac when I had a bad experience with HP and Vista. I will never go back.Hardly surprising, is it? :-)They have absolute control over both hardware and OS and most of the applications in it, Mac...
- Tags: Desktops, Marketing research, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc., PC company, PC, customer experience
- Discussion threads 2009-04-19
- Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"
- Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"This is a great article to link to......the next time I am told how wonderful/fast Mozilla is when it comes to patching vulnerabilities.Thanks!Watch And Learn MSPeople are actually paying you to sort out incidents like this, if you modularised...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Pwn2Own bug, Pwn2Own, vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"
- The latest update to Firefox has been pushed out to users via an automatic update. This one was rushed through, mainly to fix the vulnerability used to win the 2009 CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest (MFSA 2009-13: Arbitrary code execution through XUL <tree> element). In addition it contains a...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Bug, Crack, Web Browsers, Patches, Security, Internet, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM revamps server lineup based on Intel's Nehalem Larry Dignan: Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Microsoft ad: Lauren wanted a Mac but 'settled' for Windows
- Microsoft ad: Lauren wanted a Mac but 'settled' for Windowstco FAR less?? What a joke.Did you factor in the rape and pilla . . er the cost of an upgrade or repair from the Apple GEEEEEENIUSES when the next door neighbor kid throws his hands up in the air when...
- Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC, PC sale, TCO, UAC
- Discussion threads 2009-03-29
- Mozilla kills Firefox Pwn2Own bug
- Mozilla has won the race among browser makers to fix code execution holes exploited during this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacker contest. The open-source group today shipped Firefox 3.0.8 with fixes for two separate vulnerabilities, including a drive-by download issue used by a hacker named "Nils" to win...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Mozilla Corp., Community Member, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in security
- Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in securityWhat do professional hackers know about hacking?Miller brings up the tired marketshare defense but seriously, what does a professional hacker know about hacking? [b]NOTHING!![/b] I'd much rather believe people like frgough who, in his professional expertise, tell us that marketshare isn't what keeps OS X...
- Tags: Desktops, Hacking, Apple Macintosh, Charlie Miller, security, Miller
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in security
- Charlie Miller, the man that took down MacBooks in 2008 and 2009's Pwn2Own hacking competition shares his thoughts on OS security, Pwn2Own, and why Macs are lacking in security in an interview with Tom's Hardware: In neither case did I get root/admin access. That would have required...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Linux, Security, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android
- Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- News to know: Pawned browsers; IE 8; Sun and IBM, Oracle
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari CanSecWest: Caution, community at play Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sam Diaz, Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets, Security
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari
- VANCOUVER, BC -- It took a while longer but Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 did not survive the hacker onslaught at this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest. [ ALSO SEE: Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds ] A security researcher...
- Tags: Nil, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Hacker, Hacking, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- CanSecWest: Caution, community at play
- Guest editorial by Sarah Blankinship CanSecWest, in beautiful Vancouver BC, is one of my favorite conferences each year. It’s a cozy little security con that brings together security researchers from all parts of the security ecosystem. Like a PhNeutral or a BlueHat, one never quite knows what...
- Tags: Contest, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds
- [ UPDATE: IE 8 and Safari also fall ] VANCOUVER, BC -- Charlie Miller has done it again. For the second consecutive year, the security researcher hacked into a fully patched MacBook computer by exploiting a security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser. ...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Security, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuit
- Psystar releases new Mac clone, despite Apple lawsuitPsystar sure is humiliating Jobs!!I bet Jobs is [b]fuming[/b] that Psystar [b]dares[/b] stand up to him! I guess that is why Jobs has unleashed his paid astroturfers in 3... 2... 1...:)Hey, Apple may yet convince Psystar to drop OS X with PWN2OWN result!Newsflash,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Psystar, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
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