Linux, running on a Sony Vaio, remains undefeated at CanSecWest hacking contest. Contest sponsors put three laptops up for grabs to anyone who could hack into one of the systems and run their own software. The MacBook Air went first; a tiny Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on the last day of the contest. Charlie Miller took the Mac after hitting it with a still-undisclosed exploit that targeted Safari Web browser. Macaulay said the flaw that he exploited was a cross-platform bug that took advantage of Java to circumvent Vista’s security.”]
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