The Pwn 2 Own competition, which is focusing on hacking 3 laptops, has had it’s first victim. The three laptops are running Microsoft Vista, Ubuntu Linux & Mac OSX – and whoever hacks them gets them. The first day concentrated on hacking the OS and none of the systems were compromised. However on the second day, they moved onto the applications that came with the OS. A group called the Independent Security Evaluators managed to hack the inbuilt web browser, Safari in 2 minutes! Yes that’s right, 2 minutes. The vulnerability in Safari has been passed on to Apple for a fix. The team not only now “Own” the Macbook Air, but also scooped $10,000. [SHOW ME]

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