Leading browsers easily felled at hacker contest

Quotes

1. “ It's not as easy as a few years ago. ”

2. “ If this competition hadn't existed, I never would have found this bug. ”

   By Charlie Miller

3. “ If it wasn't for the competition, there'd still be these two bugs from this year and last year. ”

Entities Mentioned

• Microsoft
• Apple
• Firefox
• Safari
• Austin
• Vancouver
• Dan Goodin

1. Students at a hacker convention easily breach the protections built into Safari, IE 8, and Firefox; contestants do so in front of appreciative spectators and in a matter of hours. (Read Full Article)

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