Hacking contest organizer: Safari will fail first

[dmex]

“Safari will be the first to go,” said Aaron Portnoy, security research team lead with 3Com TippingPoint, the sponsor of Pwn2Own. Portnoy is the organizer of the contest. “[Safari will] be on Snow Leopard, which isn’t on the same level as Windows 7,” he added as he predicted Apple’s browser would crumble when the action starts March 24.

Hacking contest organizer: Safari will fall first | Security | Macworld

 

[Adamd]

Is that surprising?

For the last few years people always rip apart Apple first because they say it is so easy lol.

 

[Scotteq]

If I recall correctly, last year Safari lasted mere seconds.

{edit} Yup!! Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

 

[arkhi]

le@ve apPLE al0ne!!1!!)$ no matTeR wat yo s@y)^ appLe i$ stilL invulnRabl3!!!

>>>Sent from a Macbook Wheel

P.S. I think that the lack of hackers wanting to target Apple products makes the developers less inclined to find and fix security holes.

 

[Bootz]

lmao... How long did it take you to type that?

 

[CoolioG]

Anyone else think that Safari on a PC fails?

 

[Frostmourne]

Apple is overpriced and useless - and yes Safari has no place on a PC. I'd rather use IE.

 

[CoolioG]

Apple is overpriced and useless - and yes Safari has no place on a PC. I'd rather use IE.

I'd rather use Netscape than Safari

 

[Frostmourne]

Apple is overpriced and useless - and yes Safari has no place on a PC. I'd rather use IE.

I'd rather use Netscape than Safari

Anything is better - anything.

 

[valtonray]

ummm jailbroken iphones were hacked in a mass swoop fairly recently. apple is beginning to make itself a target, and i think if the ipad see's much success then you may start seeing more attacks directed at them. apple fans are misguided thinking they are invulnerable, they just haven't become a huge target yet. but it's only a matter of time.

 

[Lordbob75]

ummm jailbroken iphones were hacked in a mass swoop fairly recently. apple is beginning to make itself a target, and i think if the ipad see's much success then you may start seeing more attacks directed at them. apple fans are misguided thinking they are invulnerable, they just haven't become a huge target yet. but it's only a matter of time.

I will laugh when this happens.

Anyways, I am eager to see the results, I want to know how Seven does.

~Lordbob

 

[arkhi]

lmao... How long did it take you to type that?

Just 45 minutes

Safari is good visually. Everything else, it fails. If I feel like having eye-candy, I use Safari

 

[Dinesh]

Uninstalled Safari.

 

[XboxOmac]

ummm jailbroken iphones were hacked in a mass swoop fairly recently. apple is beginning to make itself a target, and i think if the ipad see's much success then you may start seeing more attacks directed at them. apple fans are misguided thinking they are invulnerable, they just haven't become a huge target yet. but it's only a matter of time.

Right you are, mate.

 

[kookster]

ummm jailbroken iphones were hacked in a mass swoop fairly recently. apple is beginning to make itself a target, and i think if the ipad see's much success then you may start seeing more attacks directed at them. apple fans are misguided thinking they are invulnerable, they just haven't become a huge target yet. but it's only a matter of time.

I totally agree, heck for fun i hacked into my friends iphone 2 days ago changed his background .

On topic, I think it will fail. Most people are converted to firefox, and i think i would rather use AOL's browser, or netscape if its still around more than safari

 

[arkhi]

What about safari on a mac? I think we've been discussing one that's on windows for some time.

 

[dmex]

What about safari on a mac? I think we've been discussing one that's on windows for some time.

Same engine, same flaws.

 

[firmin]

just goes to show you....dont run your mouth. i never thought there would be a worse browser than IE. i wonder how firefox fared?

 

[WDAexodus]

I too am curious about this years results with W7. It trips me out that Macword posted the article. I read some of the comments below. Typical Mac whores using the same argument about Mac's never being hacked. I love it.

 

[Boris]

Always makes me smile when people go religious over os'es or programs.