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IE8 is here, IE8 is hacked

Posted by popstarviolet on · 19 comments
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Well that didn't take long. No sooner had Microsoft officially launched Internet Explorer 8 to the waiting masses and talked up how new security features will ensure hackers will find it more difficult to exploit the new browser that guess what? Yep, a hacker exploits the new browser.

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Comments (19)

tuxchick ·
And second, and third!
moopst ·
It really would have been cool if they had a big screen behind the guy and demonstraited the hack while he was on stage.

Chuckle, snort!
techiem2 ·
lol. Guy Speaking: "And IE is so wonderfully secure!" Other Guy: "Um, excuse me sir, I hate to interrupt your speech but we have an important video feed to show right now. This is the latest news from pwn2own." *video plays* *crowd laughs and speaker sheepishly walks off stage*

ColonelPanik ·
Surprised it took so long.
theboomboomcars ·
I wonder why they didn't include a linux computer this year...
Sander_Marechal ·
theboomboomcars: Because this year only browserbugs count. OS bugs do not count. That's what the blog says anyway.
jezuch ·
I heard that this hack actually occured *before* IE8 was officially released.
tuxchick ·
Sander, oh, so they've invented browsers that don't need operating systems?
Sander_Marechal ·
TC, just paraphrasing the PWN2OWN blog...
caitlyn ·
tuxchick: IE8 is a browser with the operating system built-in, doncha know?
caitlyn ·
Oh, and why is this thread called "Frist Giggle"? What does Bill Frist or anything related to politics have to do with hacking web browsers? Just curious.
tuxchick ·
Sander, I know, it makes the whole event seem rather silly. Though I still enjoy IE8 going down at the first huff :)
gus3 ·
caitlyn: It's the way to get around the "^[Ff]irst .*$" filter.
moopst ·
Quoting:Though I still enjoy IE8 going down at the first huff :)


Reminds me of a quote by Groucho Marx

Quoting:You can leave in a cab. Or you can leave in a huff. Or you can leave in a minute and a huff.
gus3 ·
tc:

The Slashdot link is in the right column. ---->

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