MacBook Air 'PWNED' in 2 min flat

Those of you with an interest in hacking likely will remember last year's inaugural "PWN to OWN" competition, wherein a scrappy hacker gained control of a MacBook Pro from scratch in only nine hours flat. Well, that feat doesn't seem quite so impressive anymore, as noted iPhone hacker Charlie Miller managed to "PWN" a MacBook Air in a scant two minutes, by directing the computer's user to visit a website containing his exploit code. While the nature of the exploit won't be revealed until Apple gives the green light, we can only presume that Miller took advantage of a vulnerability in OS X's built-in browser, Safari. For his troubles, Miller will be leaving the CanSecWest security conference with a MacBook Air and $10,000 in tow, not to mention a whole lot of notoriety.

For more on the contest:
- see this Infoworld article