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1 posted on 04/20/2007 9:26:55 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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Hack a Mac finds a hole in Safari after rules and security lowered... PING!

Both Macs survive first 24 hours... Next 24 hours allows hackers to send a URL to the Mac users who will then navigate to that site. Almost 3 hours into the new rules, one Mac allowed a hacker a current user level access!

Exploit requires navigation to a malicious website... no other information being released. All versions of Safari and OS X are vulnerable.

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

2 posted on 04/20/2007 9:30:32 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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The only reason the MAC has not been hacked; all the hacking resources have been aimed toward MS. Sounds like life as we know it is about to change.


3 posted on 04/20/2007 9:31:36 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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I stated earlier I thought someone would be successful, given the gradual widening of the attack surface. Only got User though, my prediction is that nobody gets root unless they seriously relax the security on the target box that’s left.


11 posted on 04/20/2007 11:30:08 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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Interesting no details of the 'exploit' are provided. I'm dubious after the previous so-called hacker challenge on OS X where it was later revealed a 3rd party WiFi card had been installed to 'help' the hack.

What are the details on this malicious URL? What if it turns out it is nothing more than an HTML form asking for username and password. If the facilitator on the Mac then dutifully types the information in, is that a hack? I don't think so.

This whole contest is little more than a publicity stunt.

12 posted on 04/21/2007 4:40:38 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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btt


24 posted on 04/23/2007 8:39:41 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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