The 2008 CanSecWest security conference is featuring a hacking contest. Three computers will vie for the glory of being the first (or last) to be hacked: a MacBook Air, a Fujitsu laptop running Windows Vista Ultimate SP1, and a Sony Vaio running Ubuntu Linux.
As the web site says:
“Three targets, all patched. All in typical client configurations with typical user configurations. You hack it, you get to keep it. Each has a file on them and it contains the instructions and how to claim the prize.”
Hackers will try and grab the golden ring, and show which of these three systems is the most hackable (or the easiest to crack).
We’ll follow up when the winner is announced, if there is one.
