[hblug] Vista craked but not Ubuntu

[Tony Hughes]

Unwilling with the prize only winnable once :-P
If you were looking to exploit for nefarious purposes, then required time
and effort will be present.

It did clearly show that Linux however was *not* the easiest route to win a
prize by employing hacking skills. That has to be good for Ubuntu and Linux
in general.

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: hblug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:hblug-bounces at linux.net.nz] On
Behalf Of Brett Wilkins
Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2008 2:05 p.m.
To: Hawke's Bay Linux User Group
Cc: 'Hawke's Bay Linux User Group'
Subject: RE: [hblug] Vista craked but not Ubuntu

I have actually read a few articles related to this event. Some
contestants said that they'd found a flaw somewhere in the Ubuntu system,
but were unwilling to put in the time and effort to exploiting it.

Tells me it would have been quite a run-around to exploit the flaw in
Ubuntu.

Cheers,

Brett

> In reality though, if he focused his efforts on Ubuntu and/or Linux, the
> same outcome would be likely to be achieved, as it was a flaw that was
> exploited in Adobe Flash. This was not a vulnerability in Windows as such.
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> Linux still rocks though. :-P
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> Tony Hughes
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> From: hblug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:hblug-bounces at linux.net.nz] On
> Behalf Of chris
> Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2008 9:39 a.m.
> To: hblug at linux.net.nz
> Subject: [hblug] Vista craked but not Ubuntu
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> Came across this today and thought all Linux lovers would smile??
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Hacking-competition-Vista-cracked-but-not
-Ubuntu--/110429
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> 31 March 2008, 13:49
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> Hacking competition: Vista cracked, but not Ubuntu
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> The first
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<http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/MacBook-Air-first-to-be-cracked-at-PWN-t
o-OWN-hack-competition--/110428>
>  of the three laptops to be hacked at the
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<http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Hacker-contest-Which-operating-system-is
-safest--/110415>
> "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.
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> In addition to 5000 USD in cash, Shane Macauley of Security Objectives
> <http://security-objectives.com/>  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.
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> 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.
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> The only notebook to remain unhacked at
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<http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/28/pwn-to-own-final-day-and-wra
p-up>
>  the end of the competition is the Sony VAIO running Ubuntu 7.10.
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> Regards Chris
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