CanSecWest sees browser
bugs as the new black
Hackers are less interested in taking apart
mobile phones than they are in cracking browsers.
The CanSecWest
conference's popular hacking contest saw both Apple and Microsoft's browsers
bought to their knees. In the case of the 'Super Secure' Apple Mac Safari it took
only ten seconds.
However nobody took a crack at the five mobile devices
despite the fact that the contest's sponsor, TippingPoint, is paying out
US$10,000 per mobile bug, twice what it's paying for the browser
flaws.
The rules for the mobile hacking competition were much harder.
Exploits have to work with virtually no user interaction. Apparently
breaking into mobile devices is "harder" than PC hacking and there is not much
documentation around on how to do it.