Internet Explorer In Addition To Safari Commencement To Autumn At Pwn2own 2011, Chrome In Addition To Firefox Even Then Standing !

Pwn2Own, the annual three-day browser hackathon, has already claimed its get-go ii victims: IE8 on Windows seven 64-bit, in addition to Safari 5 on Mac OS X. Google Chrome looks laid to survive for its 3rd twelvemonth inwards a row.

Internet Explorer 8 was thoroughly destroyed yesteryear independent researcher Stephen Fewer. "He used iii vulnerabilities to bypass ASLR in addition to DEP, but besides escape Protected Mode. That's something we've non seen at Pwn2Own before," said Aaron Portnoy, the organizer of Pwn2Own.

Safari 5, running on a MacBook Air, was compromised inwards but 5 seconds yesteryear French safety companionship Vupen. Both attackers netted $15,000 for successfully compromising a browser.

The challenger continues today in addition to tomorrow. Firefox 3.6 is yet to live attacked, in addition to tomorrow volition encounter the rattling get-go mobile browser deathmatch. Windows Phone 7, iOS, Android in addition to RIM OS, all amongst their stock browsers, volition live attacked yesteryear safety researchers to detect out but how secure mobile browsing is. Again, $15,000 is available for the get-go individual or squad to compromise each of the browsers.

Google in addition to Mozilla, incidentally, both rolled out updates to their browsers but earlier Pwn2Own. It was non a coincidence. 

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