Apple's Leopard Hacked in 30 Seconds

Hot on the heels of Apple trying to con millions of users into installing Safari on their computers under the disguise of an 'iTunes Software Update', the CanSecWest PWN to Own competition used a security flaw in that very same browser to hack Apples vaunted Leopard in 30 seconds.

The contest gave competitors a choice of hacking three different systems, each representing the major operating system options available. Windows Vista SP1, Ubuntu 7.10, and OS X 10.5.2. "We could have chosen any of those three but had to make a judgement call on which would be the easiest and decided it would be Leopard," said Charlie Miller, an analyst with the winning team.

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