Pwn2Own hacker challenge: Firefox has been launched

According to foreign media Zdnet reports, this year's Pwn2OwnHackerThe latest news of the challenge, Firefox browser has become the newest victim and has been overcome. Two researchers, Willem Pinckaers and Vincenzo Iozzo, used a zero-day vulnerability to bypass DEP and ASLR, successfully controlled Firefox's latest official Firefox version 10.0.2 (Win7 SP1) and received a $30 thousand prize.

Firefox does not have a sandbox mechanism. Compared with Microsoft IE and Google Chrome on Pwn2Own, Firefox is more likely to be attacked. Google Chrome was won five minutes after the start of the competition, more are what hackers deliberately do. Google sets up a prize worth millions of dollars to encourage hackers to attack Chrome.