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Default OT Browser security

On Mar 27, 5:10*pm, Oren wrote:
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"The annual Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest hacker *conference
in Vancouver, B.C. has already claimed its first round of victims.
Included in the wave of fallen Web browsers hacked by security buffs
were Internet Explorer 8, Firefox *3.6.2 on 64-bit *Windows 7, Safari
on OS *X and the Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iPhone."

..."Contestants are contractually prohibited from publicly disclosing
the vulnerabilities until the appropriate vendors have been notified
and had a chance to patch *the affected systems."

http://www.crn.com/security/224200370


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Nice to know that the exploits will not be aired until after the
vendors are notified so appropriate patches can be issued.
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