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Hacked: a couple of seconds to hack a MACBOOK !!! ...

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Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds

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.

?It took a couple of seconds. They clicked on the link and I took control of the machine,? Miller said moments after his accomplishment.

The contest kicked off at exactly 3:15 PM and, within seconds, Miller launched his drive-by attack and claimed the $10,000 top prize. He also got to keep the MacBook machine.

Miller said he came to the CanSecWest security conference with a plan to hack into Safari and had tested the exploit carefully to ensure ?it worked the first time.?

TippingPoint?s Zero Day Initiative has acquired the exclusive rights to the vulnerability and coordinate the disclosure and patch release process with Apple.

Technical details of the vulnerability will not be released until a patch is ready.

Several hackers are currently attempting exploits against Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox but those browsers are still standing.

See the final contest rules here.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2917

Impossible. lol Mac's are super secure and virus proof. They are like the bank vault of the computer world. lol

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz (Post 15648849)

Impossible. lol Mac's are super secure and virus proof. They are like the bank vault of the computer world. lol

comes to : if someone has enough motivation and incentive, anything can be cracked ... from computers ... to satellite ... to software .:2 cents:

Also it was a beta version of Safari..
But yes, everything can be hacked and will be hacked.. even Mac's :1orglaugh

So what does this achieve ??

Who are the big boys that are going to hack into I.E and FF?

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Originally Posted by Scott McD (Post 15648927)

So what does this achieve ??

Bragging rights? :error

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Originally Posted by Scott McD (Post 15648927)

So what does this achieve ??

Hummmm.... let me think ... this is a pretty hard question .... so maybe :

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TippingPoint?s Zero Day Initiative has acquired the exclusive rights to the vulnerability and coordinate the disclosure and patch release process with Apple.

yes: SECURITY :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

are you a Mackie by any chance ?

Didn't read the article, but didn't they do this last year using a mac, vista on a pc, and linux of one flav or another, and Vista took the longest to hack into, and last year mac was done within a min or two I believe.

People with a Mac always act like they have uber elite non hackable machines etc. Bs. The only reason Mac users rarely have viruses is because hackers can't be arsed to target Mac computers since such a small % of the internet users have one.

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz (Post 15649011)

Well, be fair, the reason Vista took so long is because it kept crashing.

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Originally Posted by jimmy-3-way (Post 15649070)

Well, be fair, the reason Vista took so long is because it kept crashing.

lol naw..... I love Vista. Works awesome for me. :thumbsup

Safari has been the source of vulnerabilities on the MAC since Safari was introduced..

This is the same hack as previous years.

The vulnerabilities were made most famous with the iphone..

by the way, they don't have the latest news on that pwn2own contest

FF and IE8 were both compromised already.