engadget.com — "And just think -- last year you were singing Dino Dai Zovi's praises for taking control of a MacBook Pro in nine whole hours. This year, the PWN 2 OWN hacking competition at CanSecWest was over nearly as quickly as it started, as famed iPhone hacker Charlie Miller showed the MacBook Air on display who its father really was.
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themonkmanMar 28, 2008
I've never been a huge fan of Safari. I tend to opt towards Open Source browsers that receive more public security scrutiny.
heystoopidMar 29, 2008
But then again , this is about as long as it took to plug in a network cable on the second day !
cquinndMar 29, 2008
<a class="user" href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/22/safari-browser-exploit-produced-within-9-hours-in-hacking-compet/">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/22/safari-browser- ...</a>
PaulTheBookGuyMar 29, 2008
That's an ignorant argument, fueled by Microsoft kool-aid.UNIX is more secure than Windows, period.OS 9 - 9 Viruses made it into the "wild" and were patched out. No anti-virus necessary. OS updates fixed the 9 holes.OS 10 - all the way up to Leopard - ZERO viruses made it into the wild so far.Windows - THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of viruses, none of which are fixed by the OS or repairs to the OS, you have to run Anti-Virus software, some of which slows your computer down by up to 20%. (Norton anyone?)Seriously, don't type comments unless you have at least a bit of knowledge about what you are typing about.
monk22Mar 31, 2008
where wifi is still not as fast as ethernet noob
dcolleyApr 6, 2008
All this means is that the hacker did not want a crappy PC.
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igginsMar 6, 2009
Can someone (in rather simple terms) explain how one can "pwn" a computer, through a browser, without the user doing anything on the receiving end? Assuming they don't have remote access turned on, etc. As in, how can you force something through a browser to someone? Like if my comp is sitting here on digg.com for example.