Google Chrome Still Failed to penetrate
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VANCOUVER, KOMPAS.com - In the web browser available today, only Google Chrome that can not be penetrated by hackers in the contest arena Pwn2Own in CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, USA. Other browsers successfully penetrated, starting from Firefox 3.6, Safari, until Internet Explorer 8.
Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators managed to penetrate the security system of the Safari browser on the MacBook and take over the operating system OS X. Miller had been known as a reliable security researchers into artificial systems, and this success Apple won the same competition for the third time.
Another security researcher, Peter Vreugdenhill, managed to penetrate the fortress of Internet Explorer 8 with how to bypass the data execution prevention functions (DEP) and address space layout randomization (ASLR). Meanwhile, a critical weakness in Firefox 3.6.2 called Nils hackers penetrated from MWR Info Security UK. However, the weakness IE8 and Firefox can not penetrate if the browser is running on the Windows 7 Protected Mode sandbox feature.
How techniques and how to penetrate the security of the leading browsers were not disclosed in this event. The contestants were forbidden to memublikasikannya to vendors who can provide the cement to provide (patch) to prevent the attack from the irresponsible.
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