Chrome; Firefox; IE 10; Java; Win 8 fall at #pwn2own hackfest

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Ever get the feeling that nothing you do on line is safe anymore? This won't help that feeling.

Web browsers Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox along with Windows 8 and Java have been exploited in the Pwn2Own hacking contest in Canada today.

Each attack at the CanSecWest competition used zero-day vulnerabilities on a fully patched Windows 7, 8 and OS X Mountain Lion operating system with default configurations.

 Chrome; Firefox; IE 10; Java; Win 8 fall at #pwn2own hackfest