Pixel hacked in 60 seconds at PwnFest 2016... was BlackBerry not part of this?
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I get that it would not likely be able to reboot.
Posted via CB1011-12-16 07:02 PMLike 0 -
It does make you wonder how far they would have got using similar tactics on a BlackBerry android that is all about securing it at a low level; 'hardening the os'.
Posted via CB1011-12-16 07:55 PMLike 0 - Nice thought but unfortunately ya dreamin'......one thing you learn in IT -nothing is impossible to hack - difficult, yes but not impossible
An interesting thread though. Had a look at that Hacker News website and did a search for 'BlackBerry '. Only recent result was April 2016 where the Canadian Police obtained a master key, rest of the articles were from 2013....that looks pretty good for BlackBerry :-)
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Nothing to see here .Menage likes this.11-13-16 01:47 PMLike 1 -
Is the money already up for grabs?
Why are they not hacking BlackBerry?
Again, keep in mind that these are white-hats who are looking for both notoriety as well as bounty cash, and you get that by going after the big boys. If you were doing an expose on car manufacturers, you'd probably target Ford or GM or Toyota, and not Suzuki or Kia, for the same reason.krazyatom likes this.11-13-16 04:24 PMLike 1 - Not necessarily, but they sometimes do. In this case, it was selected for "attack" (by the show) because it was a popular, high-profile new release.
Google has long had Bug Bounty programs to pay white-hats for discovering and reporting bugs of various types, including security bugs. Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and many other companies do this. Not sure if BB does it.
Market-share irrelevance, mostly. I'm not saying they could or couldn't succeed (we don't know either way), just that BB's share of the market is so small that it wouldn't make a good enough story. It shouldn't be a surprise that Apple, Google, and Samsung are always the primary targets in these things, or that BB was one of those targets back in their heyday.
Again, keep in mind that these are white-hats who are looking for both notoriety as well as bounty cash, and you get that by going after the big boys. If you were doing an expose on car manufacturers, you'd probably target Ford or GM or Toyota, and not Suzuki or Kia, for the same reason.
For the new BlackBerry Android lines, the whole obscurity argument become moot does it not? Market share based on OS no longer separates BlackBerry from the others.
As to the money, maybe BlackBerry does not really want to risk their historical claim to being the most secure. I just don't get it; with a claim like that, you would think every white and black hat would be trying to disprove.
Until then, it's a little naive to believe BlackBerry is the most secure.
Posted via CB1011-13-16 04:32 PMLike 0 -
For the new BlackBerry Android lines, the whole obscurity argument become moot does it not? Market share based on OS no longer separates BlackBerry from the others.
As to the money, maybe BlackBerry does not really want to risk their historical claim to being the most secure. I just don't get it; with a claim like that, you would think every white and black hat would be trying to disprove.
Until then, it's a little naive to believe BlackBerry is the most secure.
The problem with security is that their are hundreds or even thousands of attack vectors, and even if you are brilliant at securing 999 of them, the one you miss can be the one that does you in. Security on something as complex as a smartphone is NOT easy, for anyone.11-13-16 06:46 PMLike 0 - Listening to the news today it seems Google has patched the vulnerability 24 hours after the phone was hacked.11-17-16 12:54 PMLike 0
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Market-share irrelevance, mostly. I'm not saying they could or couldn't succeed (we don't know either way), just that BB's share of the market is so small that it wouldn't make a good enough story. It shouldn't be a surprise that Apple, Google, and Samsung are always the primary targets in these things, or that BB was one of those targets back in their heyday.
What about blackphone which was hacked in the 1st week of its release? I don't think they have neither a bounty program nor marketshare. And what I know is they too claimed the same as BlackBerry. Most secure Android!
Q10SQN100-3/10.3.2.288811-17-16 03:15 PMLike 0 - Google : hack bounty of 540k for our new pixel phone! Good luck you white hats!
60 seconds later..
White hats: cracked! Pay up Google!
Google : good job! (mumble mumble mumble)
24 hrs later...
Google : Patched!
Google : hack bounty of $50.00. Good luck you white hats!
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Posted via CB1011-17-16 06:41 PMLike 0 - Yep, and people tried American dns codes for netflix once, didn't get it to work, and just gave up.........
Yes that does sound as stupid as your thought that someone would not try to hack the most,secure phone os for bragging rights and media exposure.
They try. They can't. Accept that bb10 is most secure os and stop saying foolish remarks.
Posted via CB1011-17-16 07:33 PMLike 0 - Not necessarily, but they sometimes do. In this case, it was selected for "attack" (by the show) because it was a popular, high-profile new release.
Google has long had Bug Bounty programs to pay white-hats for discovering and reporting bugs of various types, including security bugs. Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and many other companies do this. Not sure if BB does it.
Market-share irrelevance, mostly. I'm not saying they could or couldn't succeed (we don't know either way), just that BB's share of the market is so small that it wouldn't make a good enough story. It shouldn't be a surprise that Apple, Google, and Samsung are always the primary targets in these things, or that BB was one of those targets back in their heyday.
Again, keep in mind that these are white-hats who are looking for both notoriety as well as bounty cash, and you get that by going after the big boys. If you were doing an expose on car manufacturers, you'd probably target Ford or GM or Toyota, and not Suzuki or Kia, for the same reason.
To think otherwise and say it is foolish. Your crazy if you think cause the market isn't there!
Posted via CB1011-17-16 07:36 PMLike 0 - Market share irrelevance, Umm no. They can't do it. A hacker lives to get the toughest most invincible thing to Crack that others can't for bragging rights!!!
To think otherwise and say it is foolish. Your crazy if you think cause the market isn't there!
Posted via CB1011-17-16 07:56 PMLike 0 -
- Market share irrelevance, Umm no. They can't do it. A hacker lives to get the toughest most invincible thing to Crack that others can't for bragging rights!!!
To think otherwise and say it is foolish. Your crazy if you think cause the market isn't there!
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