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IE8, Safari, Firefox - hacked to bits at Pwn2Own 
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..the security analyst successfully gained remote access to a MacBook Pro by exploiting a vulnerability in Safari. Miller directed MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard to a Web site that contained malicious code.

Meanwhile, IE8 and Firefox have also been hacked. ZDNet reports that Peter Vreugdenhil, an independent researcher, exploited two vulnerabilities in IE8 to break into a machine running a fully patched version of 64-bit Windows 7.

A contestant who wished only to be known as Nils broke through Firefox, also running 64-bit Windows 7. ComputerWorld reports that a half hour after Vreugdenhill, Nils bypassed the same defensive mechanisms to exploit Mozilla's Firefox 3.6 and also won $10,000.

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