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IE Falls In Pwn2Own
InformationWeek
French vulnerability research firm Vupen Security exploited IE using two
vulnerabilities. According to a post to Vupen's Twitter feed, "IE9 on
Windows 7 SP1 x64 is the second browser to fall at#pwn2own. Our exploit
included two 0 days to fully bypass ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/intrusion-prevention/232602342>
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Google Patches Rare Critical Vulnerability in Chrome
PCWorld
By Lucian Constantin, IDG News Google has patched a critical Chrome
vulnerability disclosed Wednesday at the CanSecWest security conference in
Vancouver that can be exploited to escape from a browser's secure sandbox.
Russian security researcher Sergey ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/251566/google_patches_rare_critical_vulnerability_in_chrome.html>
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Teenager hacks Google Chrome with three 0day vulnerabilities
ZDNet (blog)
By Ryan Naraine | March 9, 2012, 3:03pm PST Summary: "Pinkie Pie," who
asked to remain anonymous because he had not been authorized by his
employer to participate in the contest, said he chained three different
vulnerabilities to build an exploit to ...
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/teenager-hacks-google-chrome-with-three-0day-vulnerabilities/10649>
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Internet Explorer 9 Falls at Pwn2Own Hacking Contest
PC Magazine
The hackers exploited two zero-day vulnerabilities, described as a heap
overflow bug and a memory corruption flaw, to crack Internet Explorer 9.
The hackers were able to run code outside the browser's Protected Mode
sandbox, a security feature meant to ...
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401392,00.asp>
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Danish firm outlines two unpatched Safari vulnerabilities
CNET
by Topher Kessler March 9, 2012 1:28 PM PST Is the release of information
on unpatched software vulnerabilities justified when a breakdown in
communication occurs between research and development firms? The Danish IT
security firm Secunia has released ...
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57394491-83/danish-firm-outlines-two-unpatched-safari-vulnerabilities/>
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Internet Explorer 9 cracked during annual hacking contest
msnbc.com
On March 8, researchers from the French security firm Vupen exploited two
bugs, an unpatched heap overflow flaw and a memory-corruption
vulnerability, to crack Microsoft's IE9 Web browser and run code outside
the sandbox, the security feature in place ...
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46681839/ns/technology_and_science-security/>
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French team brings down IE9 at Pwn2Own hacking contest
Computerworld
Also on Thursday, Google patched Chrome to fix two vulnerabilities that a
long-time contributor to its bug bounty program used the day before to win
$60000 at "Pwnium," Google's first-ever hacking event. The group from
Paris-based Vupen Security ...
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Teen Drops Three Zero-Day Exploits for $60K Win in Google Chrome Hack
Contest
Wired News
The tall teen, who asked to be identified only by his handle "Pinkie
Pie" because his employer did not authorize his activity, spent just a
week and a half to find the vulnerabilities and craft the exploit,
achieving stability only in the last hours of ...
<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/zero-days-for-chrome/>
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Researchers Hack IE9 During Second Day at Pwn2Own
PCWorld
A team of vulnerability researchers from French security firm VUPEN
Security exploited a pair of previously unknown vulnerabilities in the
latest version of Microsoft's browser on Thursday. The attack was
demonstrated on a fully patched 64-bit Windows ...
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At hacking contest, Google Chrome falls to third zero-day attack
Ars Technica
It combined three previously unknown vulnerabilities to gain full system
access to a Dell Inspiron laptop that ran a fully patched version of Chrome
on top of the most up-to-date version of Windows 7. He spent the past three
days holed up in hotel ...
<http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/googles-chrome-browser-on-friday.ars>
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