iPhone, Safari, IE8, Firefox all fall on day one of Pwn2Own

iPhone, Safari, IE8, Firefox all fall on day one of Pwn2Own

Link:  http://tinyurl.com/ydhzhwp (credit: Computerworld.com)

Hackers took down Apple's iPhone and Safari browser, Microsoft's Internet Explore 8 (IE8) and Mozilla's Firefox within minutes at today's Pwn2Own contest, as expected.

Of the browsers set up as targets for the contest, only Google's Chrome remained standing on the first day.

Ran Into My First Issue

I've a problem viewing encrypted web pages using Safari (v 2.0.4). I need to view one of my company's web portals and can't get in, as the webpage complains that I'm not using a 128-bit browser.

Yes, I know that Safari is 128-bit capable. Yes, I know I'm using an older version. I've installed Safari Enhancer (per an archived MacRumors.com post), hoping the issue would be resolved. Safari Enhancer supposedly lets you change the user-agent of an HTTP browser, yet I've changed the user-agent from Safari to IE 6 to Firefox to no avail.

I'll work on this further either tomorrow or Friday. It's very late here and I've 6 hours of driving ahead of me tomorrow.