As computer security guru Bruce Schneier
likes to say, "Security is a process, not a product." He was proven
right again when Google announced that, while its Linux-based Chrome OS
hadn't been cracked in its Pwnium Chrome OS contest, one hacker was
successful in creating an an unreliable exploit.
Specifically, the hacker known as Pinkie
Pie, who cracked the Chrome Web browser on Windows last year in Google's
security contest, "submitted a plausible bug chain involving video
parsing, a Linux kernel bug and a config file error. The submission
included an unreliable exploit demonstrating one of the bugs."
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