German hacker known simply as Nils exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox to take complete control of a 64-bit Windows 7 machine. The successful exploit defeated ALSR+DEP on Windows 7, followed hacking attacks against Safari on Mac OS X, Internet Explorer 8 on Windows and Apple s iPhone device. Nils, a 26-year-old hacker who heads up the security research team at U.K.-based MWR InfoSecurity, also planned to attack Apple’s Safari browser.
Source: https://threatpost.com/mozilla-firefox-hacked-pwn2own-contest-032410/73739/