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Articles about cansecwest: December 4, 2008

Vista falls - Linux “pwns” this year’s CanSecWest

by Mark Pascua on Mar 30, 2008 at 08:37 PM

Sony Vaio Ubuntu Linux

After three days of Hack-a-thon, one victor remains standing after CanSecWest’s PWN 2 OWN competition, a Sony Vaio running Ubuntu Linux.

On Thursday, the MacBook Air fell under the hands of Charlie Miller, who pocketed $10,000 and left two other machines still standing: a Fujitsu U810 running Windows Vista SP1 and a Sony VAIO with Ubuntu. After another day and relaxation of the rules, the U810 was conquered by Shane Macaulay, of Security Objectives, by using a flaw in Adobe’s Flash. If “Shane Macaulay” sounds familiar to you, that’s because he was on Dino Dai Zovi’s team when they hacked the MacBook Pro at last year’s CanSecWest.

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