06-03-2006, 18:58
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OSX safe??
ZDnet
Interesting if true:
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Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings," according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
On February 22, a Sweden-based Mac enthusiast set his Mac Mini as a server and invited hackers to break through the computer's security and gain root control, which would allow the attacker to take charge of the computer and delete files and folders or install applications.
Within hours of going live, the "rm-my-mac" competition was over. The challenger posted this message on his Web site: "This sucks. Six hours later this poor little Mac was owned and this page got defaced".
The hacker that won the challenge, who asked ZDNet Australia to identify him only as "gwerdna", said he gained root control of the Mac in less than 30 minutes.
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06-03-2006, 19:03
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Re: OSX safe??
Just goes to show something I have always believed. NO computer is hackerproof.
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06-03-2006, 19:11
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Re: OSX safe??
*Waits for Mac fanboys to defend* 
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06-03-2006, 19:20
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Re: OSX safe??
I am a mac fanboy.
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06-03-2006, 19:23
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Re: OSX safe??
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I am a mac fanboy.
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Not fair *Hides*
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06-03-2006, 19:54
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Re: OSX safe??
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Just goes to show something I have always believed. NO computer is hackerproof.
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No computer will ever be hackproof whilst there are humans using them  No operating system is perfect and if this story turns out to be true then it asks some questions of the OSX team.
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07-03-2006, 16:00
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Re: OSX safe??
A bit of an update here.
It'll be interesting to see if this machine that doesn't give out local accounts to everyone will remain intact until the end of the week.
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07-03-2006, 16:02
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Re: OSX safe??
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Originally Posted by Paul
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Just goes to show something I have always believed. NO computer is hackerproof.
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No computer will ever be hackproof whilst there are humans using them No operating system is perfect and if this story turns out to be true then it asks some questions of the OSX team. |
As an old friend of mine says, when dealing with computer problems, it's always the thing on the end of the keyboard. Of course, he never says which end.
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07-03-2006, 18:09
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Re: OSX safe??
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
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Originally Posted by Paul
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Just goes to show something I have always believed. NO computer is hackerproof.
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No computer will ever be hackproof whilst there are humans using them No operating system is perfect and if this story turns out to be true then it asks some questions of the OSX team. |
As an old friend of mine says, when dealing with computer problems, it's always the thing on the end of the keyboard. Of course, he never says which end. |
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07-03-2006, 20:40
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Re: OSX safe??
Yeah, This was stupid. You say wait for a mac fanboy to defend but this was a overblown story. The guy gave them a local account and had other default security measures removed (enabling SSH).
What a stupid news story.
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08-03-2006, 09:11
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