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Every Smartphone OS Endures Pwn2Own Unhacked [Haxx]

Submitted by admin on Wednesday, 25 March 2009No Comment

After Safari was busted in 10 seconds at the Pwn2Own hacking competition, you’d think puny smartphones wouldn’t stand a chance. But you’d be wrong! Every smartphone OS up for total destruction—iPhone, Windows Mobile , Symbian, Android and BlackBerry—made it through the competition unscathed. Not because they’re inherently more secure. It’s just because their puny processing power and memory make things like the 10-second Safari hack harder to do, even though the exploit is totally there. Another reason is that every phone has a unique carrier and OS version situation, which made it harder for researchers to come with exploits—for instance, one crafted for the Storm, which wasn’t in the competition, actually didn’t work on the Bold.