Via SecurityFocus.com -
Security researchers that want to take a shot a hacking the Mac OS X will get their chance at an upcoming security conference and could take home a fully loaded MacBook Pro.
This week, the organizer of the annual CanSecWest conference announced the show will host a "PWN to Own" contest: Hack a Mac and you can take it home. The contest will place two tricked-out MacBook Pro computers with a default Apple installation on a network to which any attendee can connect and attempt to exploit the systems. The first person to use a unique attack on either of the two systems can take the laptop home, said Dragos Ruiu, the organizer of the CanSecWest.
Ruiu proposed the contest after he became frustrated with the Apple's lack of participation in the security community, its marketing campaign touting the operating system's security track record, and the company's hard-line tactics against some researchers.
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I will be @ CanSecWest this year...so perhaps I should get with HD and start to test his WiFi fuzzer for Metasploit ;)
If you are going to CanSecWest, hit me up...so we can get together for a drink or two.
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