[hblug] Vista craked but not Ubuntu

[chris]

Came across this today and thought all Linux lovers would smile??

http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Hacking-competition-Vista-cracked-but-not-Ubuntu--/110429

31 March 2008, 13:49


Hacking competition: Vista cracked, but not Ubuntu

The first of the three laptops to be hacked at the "PWN to OWN"
competition at CanSecWest was the MacBook Air running Mac OS X 10.5.2.
Now, the laptop on which Windows Vista SP1 was installed has also been
cracked.


In addition to 5000 USD in cash, Shane Macauley of Security Objectives
will also be receiving a Fujitsu U810 with Vista Ultimate SP1. He
managed to compromise Windows Vista SP1 after he installed the latest
version of Adobe Flash. He received assistance from his friends Derek
Callaway and Alexander Sotirov.

The zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash that Shane exploited has not
been made public, but has been reported to Adobe. No other information
will be provided until the flaw has been remedied.

The only notebook to remain unhacked at the end of the competition is
the Sony VAIO running Ubuntu 7.10.



Regards Chris

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