03-20-2009, 05:39 PM
The second I read about this, I figured I should just have this ready for cut and paste.
"...the under 10 seconds thing was only achieved because Miller simply provided a URL that took the user to the site where the exploit code was hosted. The donkey work had all been done beforehand, in accordance with PWN2OWN rules, which enabled the speed to be achieved.
Miller says that he provided the link, the judges clicked it and he then showed them he had full control of the MacBook concerned.
Windows users need not feel smug, apparently Safari and IE8 on a machine running Windows 7 also fell soon after the winner. "
The usual yawn.
"...the under 10 seconds thing was only achieved because Miller simply provided a URL that took the user to the site where the exploit code was hosted. The donkey work had all been done beforehand, in accordance with PWN2OWN rules, which enabled the speed to be achieved.
Miller says that he provided the link, the judges clicked it and he then showed them he had full control of the MacBook concerned.
Windows users need not feel smug, apparently Safari and IE8 on a machine running Windows 7 also fell soon after the winner. "
The usual yawn.