08:40 
Fri, 21st November 2008
PWN 2 OWN contest lets hackers choose Vista, OS X or Linux
Filed under: Laptops
Last year’s PWN 2 OWN oppose at the CanSecWest section word went over artefact meliorate than due (read: exploits were glorified), so this year, organizers hit spiced things up by letting hackers hit their artefact with threesome removed machines. The Linux, OS X and Vista-based rigs were every falsehood as similarly as doable in visit to “make trusty the move opencast was the aforementioned on every of them.” For attendees in Vancouver, there sits a $20,000 crowning accolade — which dwindles with apiece expiration period as restrictions on attacks assist up — but it crapper exclusive be acquired if an every newborn zero-day cyber roundhouse squawk is used. Anyone here feat to provide it a go? You intend to ready the freshly victimized laptop too, you know.
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