Yesterday I wrote about how at CanSecWest, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer were all hacked in a matter of seconds. Yes folks, that is seconds, not minutes or hours. But after 24 hours at the event, Google’s Chrome with stood the hackers tools. What makes Google the king of browsers? It seems it is Google’s sandbox feature.

According to one report over at ARS, the article states that:

A recent contest at CanSecWest, an event that brings together some of the most skilled experts in the security community, has demonstrated that the three most popular browser are susceptible to security bugs despite the vigilance and engineering prowess of their creators. Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer were all exploited during the Pwn2Own competition that took place at the conference. Google’s Chrome browser, however, was the only one left standing—a victory that security researchers attribute to its innovative sandbox feature.

The contest awards security researchers with hardware and cash prizes for finding efficient ways to trick browsers into executing arbitrary code. During the first day of the competition, the contestants are required to do this in default browser installations without plugins such as Flash or Java, which are commonly used as vectors for attacks. Researchers typically prepare for the event far in advance by finding zero-day exploits ahead of time.

Early this month, prior champion Charlie Miller told reporters that he would be attempting to exploit a Safari vulnerability on Mac OS X. Safari, he said, would be the first to succumb to the contestants. As he promised, Safari went down first: he was able to execute his prepared hack in only a matter of seconds. Another security expert known only as Nils took longer, but was able to successfully exploit all three of the most popular browsers.

If Google’s Chrome is impervious to attack, shouldn’t we all be using it instead of the other browsers?

Makes sense to me. What about you?

Comments welcome.

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