Vista Hacked, Linux Wasn't
Category: Operating Systems, Bugs / VirusPosted: March 31, 2008 08:46AM
Author: Nemo
After the two-minute hack of the MacBook Air last week at CanSecWest, a laptop running Vista SP1 was next to fall after two-days of effort. Shane Macaulay finally breached the Vista machine on the last day of the contest after getting some help from other researchers. Apparently Macaulay wasn't prepared for Vista SP1 which has beefed up security compared to the original release. Macaulay was awarded the second place prize of $5,000 and the laptop running Vista. The third target in the contest running Linux was not successfully attacked, although several attempts were made.
