Vista falls – Linux “pwns” this year’s CanSecWest

After three days of Hack-a-thon, one victor remains standing after CanSecWest’s PWN 2 OWN competition, a Sony Vaio running Ubuntu Linux.

On Thursday, the MacBook Air fell under the hands of Charlie Miller, who pocketed $10,000 and left two other machines still standing: a Fujitsu U810 running Windows Vista SP1 and a Sony VAIO with Ubuntu. After another day and relaxation of the rules, the U810 was conquered by Shane Macaulay, of Security Objectives, by using a flaw in Adobe’s Flash. If “Shane Macaulay” sounds familiar to you, that’s because he was on Dino Dai Zovi’s team when they hacked the MacBook Pro at last year’s CanSecWest.