Pwn2Own has officially started and  looks  like  several  browsers were exploited with their inherent vulnerabilities.  But not all!  Google Chrome has remained un-hackable during the event and it seems that Google’s  20 grand bet is still up for offer.
Google had posted a $20,000 reward to any one who can  successfully  exploit the vulnerability of  Chrome during the first day of the contest. Unfortunately, during the event, no one dared to touch Google’s browser. Well, to be more specific there were 2 teams that pre-registered for the challenge but later backed down.
A guy named Moatz Khader was supposed to be the first  to break  the browser but didn’t show up. On the other hand, Team Anon  preferred to exploit the  Blackberry instead of hacking Google’s browser.
Other browsers like the IE8 and the newly updated Safari 5.0.4 were pawned by these hackers. An independent researcher named Stephen Fewer used a trio of vulnerabilities to hack IE8 on  Windows 7. He used the browser’s vulnerabilities to bypass ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization), DEP (Data Execution Prevention) and escaped IE8’s sandbox (protected) mode which is intended to isolate the damage in the browser in case of an attack.
On the other hand, the team from a French Company Vupen  had  successfully  cracked the newly updated Safari browser in just 5 seconds! It seems that  Apple has  a long way  to go in this field.
All in all, Chrome had proven itself once again on being the most secured browser of all. It had survived 3 consecutivePwn2Own  event. Hats off to Chrome for achieving such feat.
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