A MacBook Air running fully-patched version of Leopard Operating System has been hacked in less than two minutes by security researcher Charlie Miller using a flaw in Safari at CanSecWest hacking security conference being held in Vancouver. The conference pitted hackers against three laptops running Vista Ultimate SP1, Leopard OS X 10.5.2 and Ubuntu 7.10 to discover which is the most vulnerable.

Miller used a technique similar to a phishing attack, which involved clicking a link to a website containing a malicious code, which allowed him to remotely access the MacBook Air running Leopard in less than two minutes. Miller, who has made a name for himself after hacking the iPhone gets to keep the MacBook Air and a £5,000 prize from Tipping Point, the contest sponsor who notified Apple of the flaw.

As of posting time, Vista and Ubuntu continue to stand firm and have yet to be compromised.

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