After Safari wasbusted in 10 secondsat the Pwn2Own hack competition , you ’d think punysmartphoneswouldn’t bear a hazard . But you ’d be wrong !
https://gizmodo.com/safari-cracked-in-seconds-at-pwn2own-hacking-competitio-5175246
Every smartphone OS up for full demolition — iPhone , Windows Mobile , Symbian , Android and BlackBerry — made it through the competition unhurt . Not because they ’re inherently more secure . It ’s just because their runty processing power and memory make things like the 10 - 2d Safari hack harder to do , even though the feat is totally there .
Another reason is that every phone has a unique toter and OS version state of affairs , which made it operose for investigator to come with exploits — for instance , one crafted for the Storm , which was n’t in the contender , actually did n’t work on the Bold . So the numerosity of sound out there is really a dependable matter security - wise , though it makes more monolithic platforms , like the iPhone a more attractive quarry — sort of like Windows ’ Jagganath - size of it earn it a bigger prey for exploits than Mac or Linux . That articulate , I do n’t think the survival rate will be so great next year . [ ComputerworldviaSlashdot ]
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