Tag: PWN2OWN

Research in Motion is urging BlackBerry users to disable JavaScript on their smartphones after a major vulnerability was exposed at this year's Pwn2Own hacker challenge. According to the company, the security hole could allow a hacker to gain access to the device's data if a user stumbles upon any "maliciously designed" websites. The vulnerability only exposes data stored on a user's media card ...

In an era of ever-present phishing scams, debilitating viruses, and dwindling privacy, computer users have a new threat to confront. Two separate research firms have discovered inexpensive and relatively easy methods of intercepting and interpreting keyboard strokes. Using only an oscillator, an electronic circuit that emits a repetitive signal, and a regular wireless antenna, researchers from ...

The third installment of the Pwn2Own competition, a contest pitting hackers against popular gadgets and operating systems, takes aim at Apple's iPhone and four other smartphones. The contest will dole out $10,000 to anyone able to hack into the devices at the CanSecWest security convention in Vancouver, Canada from March 18-20. Contestants, armed with phones running the Android, Symbian, and ...