The other thing is, the vulnerabilities are in the browsers, and mostly, the same browsers that run on Linux, run on Windows.”įor some reason, he doesn't go into other alternative operating systems like the *BSD or Unix-based variants, but we figured that it's probably due to their rather small share in the desktop OS market. The organizers don’t choose to use Linux because not that many people use it on the desktop.
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Needless to say, there will be another Pwn2Own competition this year, and is slated to take place on 24 March, 2010, and in an interview with OneITSecurity, reigning champion Charlie Miller has got quite a few words to say about the state of security on the various platforms, some of which are rather disconcerting, to say the least.įirst off the list is age old war about the ease of hacking into a Snow Leopard or Windows 7 machine, and Miller doesn't mince his words: “Windows 7 is slightly more difficult because it has full ASLR (address space layout randomization) and a smaller attack surface (for example, no Java or Flash by default).”Īnd if you thought that using an alternative operating system like Linux means that you're automatically protected by some virtual force field, you might want to keep that confidence of yours in check: “No, Linux is no harder, in fact probably easier, although some of this is dependent on the particular flavor of Linux you’re talking about.
For the benefit of those who may not be aware, Pwn2Own is an annual competition held during the CanSecWest Security Conference, in which various operating systems and web browsers are placed at the mercy of skilled hackers who will then attempt to exploit any underlying vulnerabilities in the respective systems.
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