Pwn2Own … IE8, Firefox and Safari (x2) … Hacked on day one.

Written by geekE Management | Published on March 25, 2010
Hackers exploited the 3 major browsers on day one of Pwn2Own.  As expected,  IE8, FireFox and Safari were all penetrated within minutes of the competition starting. Most impressively, Peter Vreugdenhil, was able to exploit a vulnerability in IE8 on Windows 7 allowing him to bypass  the operating systems DEP (Data Execution System) security mechinism designed to [...]
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Microsoft Drops Windows 7E

Written by geekE Management | Published on August 3, 2009
Rather than ship a stripped down version of Windows to European users, Microsoft has opted to go the “ballot” route.  The ballot screen in Windows 7 will offer information and download links to many IE rivals such as FireFox, Safari, Chrome, Opera and others. In the wake of last week’s developments, as well as continuing [...]
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