Why is Open Source WebKit the Weak Link in Apple Security? | Linux Today

Why is Open Source WebKit the Weak Link in Apple Security?

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SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Sep 24, 2012

About a month before the recent HP mobile pwn2own event, I told the event organizers that is extremely likely that the mobile vulns they find will be WebKit related.

As it turns it out I was right and I’m not surprised.

SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

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