[hblug] Vista craked but not Ubuntu

[Brett Wilkins]

The exploiters were probably running Ubuntu themselves, too ;)

The only hacking you could possibly win a prize for with regards to linux
would likely be a coding hack... ie a hack to get something to work that
has been plaguing people.... such as drivers for a particular device. And
the only prize would be a mixture of gratitude, flame and recovering your
own sanity. Or insanity, depending on who you are.

Cheers.

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Linux still rocks though. :-P
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony Hughes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
> <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
>>
> <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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
> <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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards Chris
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