Fun stuff : Hackers wins Pwn2Own

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Charlie Miller has won the Pwn2Own hacking contest for the second year in a row, it took him just 10 seconds this time to hack into a Mac compared to his last years record of two minutes. The security hole, which Miller said he discovered last year, allows a remote attacker to gain control of a machine by getting the computer user to click on a malicious URL, as Miller demonstrated. The contest is sponsored by TippingPoint, which shares details on the exploit with Apple and develops a patch for it. TippingPoint offers $5,000 for each new exploit demonstrated in the major browsers and $10,000 for each successful exploit in the major smartphones.

Miller also discovered an exploit in the mobile version of Safari shortly after the iPhone was launched in 2007. In addition to the $5000 prize for his efforts Wednesday, he gets to keep the MacBook he used to win the contest.

( report by mohsin from newlaunches )

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