Vista notebook falls in hacker challenge

A security vulnerability exploited Friday researcher at a critical bug in Adobe Systems Inc. ‘Flash Player to hack a laptop computer equipped with Windows Vista Ultimate, the second machine to fall this year’s “To OWN OWN” challenge.

The only thing that is not claimed by the original portable trio from the end of the competition was a Sony Vaio with Ubuntu Linux distribution.

Shane Macaulay, a consultant security with the objectives, which claims, a $ 5000 cash prize, in a U810 Fujitsu SP1, Windows Vista Ultimate late Friday. According to 3Com, Inc. ’s TippingPoint, with prices for the three days of pirates challenge CanSecWest, Macaulay used an unknown Zero-Day to the vulnerability of the ubiquitous Flash Player.

Macaulay, was set up by Derek Callaway, including the Security Council goals, and Alexander Sotirov, an independent researcher, was the second winner for OWN OWN. Thursday, Charlie Miller Independent Security Evaluators attacked an Air MacBook with a security hole in Apple Computer, Inc. “a Safari browser, and win a laptop.