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Mobile devices operating system test in Pwn2Own Hacking Contest 2011

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In Pwn2Own Hacking Contest 2011 to testing the four browsers, Pwn2Own also will test the security of four mobile devices operating system. Dell Venue Pro with Windows 7, iPhone 4 with IOS, Torch Blackberry 9800 with Blackberry OS 6, and Nexus S with Android. All findings of weakness during the contest will become the property of The Tipping Point, the big prize contest sponsors. Participants are also prohibited from revealing their findings to the public. Zero Day Initiative as the organizers will send report the weakness to the respective vendors and provide six months to overcome before it was made public. Mozilla announced the 10 patches to address the weaknesses in Firefox 3.6 on March 1, 2011 last. Google actually released 19 patches for Chrome 9.  Apple has not announced the latest patch. Apple solve 50 problems in WebKit and also an update for Safari and Mac OS X. Microsoft plans to release a patch for IE8.

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