 TechKnow | Volume #13 | March 31 2009 |
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Hackers vs. Web Browsers
One of the hackers, Charlie Miller, was said to have taken down the Apple Safari browser on a Mac in 10 seconds flat. He later admitted to having the exploit in mind since the contest prior to this one but since he could only win one time, he decided to keep it on the down-low until the next contest. Even if web browsers were completely invulnerable, it would never stop malicious hackers and malware, because the web browsers are not the problem. The problem is the end-users that intentionally install the malware! Read more here. New Website Coming Soon!
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CanSecWest recently held a hacking contest and the results are now in. The “hackers successfully compromised fully patched Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari browsers with exploits that required the local user to load a malicious website,” says CanSecWest. All of the web browsers lost, except for Google Chrome.
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