iPhone Hacked in Pwn2Own Contest (Safari, IE8, and Firefox Too)
iPhone Hacked in Pwn2Own Contest (Safari, IE8, and Firefox Too)
Posted 03/25/2010 at 1:30pm
| by Paul Lilly
7
Comments
Print
A handful of hackers will leave CanSecWest's security show a little richer than when they arrived after participating in the annual Pwn2Own contest. Charlie Miller, for example, won $10,000 for hacking Safari on a MacBook Pro without having physical access to the rig. You may recall that Miller, a principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, walked away with $5,000 last year for exploiting a hole in Safari, and $10,000 for hacking a MacBook Air in 2008.
Safari wasn't the only software to fall. Peter Vreugdenhil won $10,000 for hacking Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 browser, wile Nils, head of research at UK-based MWR InfoSecurity, collected the same amount for exploiting Firefox on Windows 7-64 bit (Nils declined to provide his last name).
Both Ralf Philip Weinmann and Vincenzo Iozzo will share a $15,000 prize for hacking Apple's iPhone. They did so with an exploit written two weeks ago designed to steal the contents of the SMS database.
"The payload executes and uploads the local SMS database of the phone to the server we control," Weinmann said.
More here.
Image Credit: appadvice.com
More like this
7
Comments
Comments are closed on this article
Digital-Storm
March 25, 2010 at 6:44pm
But you have to remember, not all hack's are being displayed at the Pwn2Own contest, simply because the people that know the hacks, do not want them to be patched. This is more of a Whitehat conference.
TheZomb
March 25, 2010 at 10:48pm
Thats what the cash prizes are for. You can only make so much money selling contact data on the internet.
lhatten
March 25, 2010 at 5:18pm
Maybe I missed it, but did they attempt to crack Chrome. If so, then why not mention that? If not, why not?
ShuTDowN
March 25, 2010 at 5:02pm
they use this contest to show the exploits of their software. and create patch
[img]http://i44.tinypic.com/2irm8ma.jpg[/img]
gendoikari1
March 25, 2010 at 4:07pm
I wonder how long they'll take to crack Opera? Even if they do, there is the benefit of security through obscurity.
Honorary Family Member:
Phenom II x4 925 2.8 GHz
XFX Radeon HD 5870
8GB G.Skill DDR2-1066 RAM
ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe
Techrocket9
March 25, 2010 at 2:56pm
Does this mean even easier jailbreaking? Or will the hack be turned over to Apple wrapped and in a box?
_____________________________________________________
An army of pacifists can be defeated by one man with the will to fight.
Connect with MaximumPC
Featured Content
The gang discusses the GTX 690, Trinity, Ivy Bridge, Amazon, big-box stores, MMOs,...
This month's issue
Feature
Build a PC On Any Budget
Feature
Cloud Services Showdown
How-To
Encrypt Your External Drive
Build It
Upgrade an X58 Rig
Most Commented Articles
Latest Max PC Tweets
- maximumpc: Original RickRoll Video Returns to YouTube After 24-Hour Copyright Hiatus http://t.co/MaH9Sxyy1 day 15 hours ago
- maximumpc: Corsair has decided not to go forward with its $78 million IPO, citing weak equity market conditions http://t.co/A5a4DAzj1 day 16 hours ago
- maximumpc: Want to work at Maximum PC? Our Online Managing Editor, Alex, is moving away, so we need a new one. http://t.co/9Z7JCh0E3 days 13 hours ago
