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Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller

Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie MillerWindows makes it harder to exploit holes THAT'S DAMN TRUE"It's really simple. Safari on the Mac is easier to exploit. The things that Windows do to make it harder for exploit to work, Macs don't do. Hacking into Macs is so much easier....

Tags: Hacking, Operating systems, SECURITY, Pwn2Own hacker, Charlie Miller, Pwn2Own, Apple Safari, hacker, Apple Mac OS X, risk, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Pwn2Own hacker: Apple Safari is 'easy pickings'

Pwn2Own hacker: Apple Safari is 'easy pickings'This would be the Charlie Millerwho won by cheating, correct? By using an already known Perl exploit that Apple hadn't patched yet in OS X.The event organizers know he cheated, but didn't have the onions to call him on it. Well, actually, they were...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Miller, Apple Inc., Apple Safari

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Pwn2Own hacker contest targets browsers, smart phones

Pwn2Own hacker contest targets browsers, smart phonesBig correction[i]Alex Sotirov also partnered with Macaulay in 2008 to exploit a Windows Vista vulnerability.[/i]It was not a Vista vulnerability, it was a Flash vulnerability. The [b]only[/b] OS to fall in its out of the box plus fully patched configuration was OS X. Try...

Tags: Web browsers, Smart phones, SECURITY, Handhelds, phone, Web browser, vulnerability, smart phone, Pwn2Own hacker

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

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News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall

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: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws Larry Dignan: Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Sam Diaz: Google outage...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Twitter, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-05-15

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

Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers

Google's decision to silently update the Chrome browser -- without the user's knowledge or consent --  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

German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough

German researchers score Conficker detection breakthroughI think they meant March 30"The Honeynet Project has released proof of concept scanner and, later today (April 30th)..."Link for nmap would be appreciatedI've been looking for instructions or a plugin for nmap and haven't found anything but others looking for the same thing. A...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Patches, Cyberthreats, Conficker, detection breakthrough, Conficker detection breakthrough

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

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

Browser wars: We're becoming two (maybe three) timers

While it's a lot of fun portraying the browser wars as a zero sum game, the reality is that users are becoming a bunch of two-timers and, in some cases, three-timers. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes asks whether the love affair with Mozilla's Firefox is waning. That's a tough question...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Nils2Own: 'I want to see security flaws fixed'

Nils2Own: 'I want to see security flaws fixed'Small one, big one....It was still cracked. Even easier than Windows. Deal with it.You're not allowed to whine "This one's not really that big of a deal", then point out the same kinds of intrusions into Windows systems as proof that MS products...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Apple OSX user, Apple OSX, security, Apple Inc., Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, security flaw

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Nils2Own: 'I want to see security flaws fixed'

VANCOUVER, BC -- Charlie Miller may have dominated the headlines but the undisputed champion of this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest was a hitherto unknown hacker who asked to be identified simply as "Nils." A day after his perfect sweep of the breaking into...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Exploit, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Security, Internet, Software, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-23

The browser battle: Where does security fit in the evaluation process?

With the launch of Internet Explorer 8 as the latest volley in the browser wars---IE vs. Firefox vs. Google Chrome vs. Apple's Safari---there's a lot of talk about speed, browsing improvements and rendering engines. Where does security fit into the equation? Frankly, when I'm evaluating browsers---I use...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Charlie Miller, Chris Duckett, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-20

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

Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller

VANCOUVER, BC -- At the CanSecWest security conference here, I got a chance to sit down with Charlie Miller, the researcher who broke into a fully patched MacBook machine using a Safari code execution vulnerability. We discuss the state of Web browser security, the vulnerability marketplace and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Hacker, Exploit, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-19

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

Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, SafariUgly, just ugly!These guys walks in and out of our machines as they please. No OS and no browser is secure. A determined attacker *will* succeed.Anyone still doubts that the reason that most exploits hits Windows is market share? I'm mildly shocked that it...

Tags: Web browsers, Hacking, Operating systems, SECURITY, takeaway, Web browser, hacker, Apple Safari, IE8, Chrome, Apple Mac OS X, operating system, Linux, Pwn2Own, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

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

News to know: Palm; Google; Apple; Yahoo's Bartz; Hacking Safari

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: Palm: Demand tanks ahead of Pre launch; Pre needs to save the day Andrew Nusca: Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Hacking, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-03-04