PWN2OWN

During the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, this week, hackers were apparently able to break in to Microsoft's just-released IE 8 web browser during a contest called PWN2OWN, leading some to wonder whether the software giant had a PR disaster on their hands.

WinInfo 2009

Hacked on the eve of its release date at PWN2OWN contest, LOL.

Microsoft Releases IE 8 to Combat Rival Browsers 2009

"Thus, vulnerabilities affecting the iPhone (like the PWN2OWN bugs) can likely be used to gain code execution inside the sandbox on the iPad."

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"Just look at last week's PWN2OWN competition at the CanSecWest security show, where Charlie Miller won $10,000 by hacking Safari running on Mac OS X," Cluley said.

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A jailbreak involves a persistent modification to the firmware on the device, according to Aaron Portnoy, security research team lead at TippingPoint and organizer of PWN2OWN, a hacking contest held each year at the CanSecWest security

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Apple did the patching after 16 holes were found in the browser during the PWN2OWN contest.

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Computerworld - Charlie Miller, a security researcher who hacked a Macintosh in two minutes last year at CanSecWest's PWN2OWN contest, improved his time today by breaking into another Macintosh in under 10 seconds.

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While the iPad uses the same iPhone OS and Safari browser cracked at PWN2OWN, jailbreaking involves modifying the firmware.

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Computerworld - Charlie Miller, a security researcher who hacked a Macintosh in two minutes last year at CanSecWest's PWN2OWN contest, improved his time today by breaking into another Macintosh in under 10 seconds.

Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now JC Fletcher 2010

Apple did the patching after 16 holes were found in the browser during the PWN2OWN contest.

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