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Apple's OS X is First OS to be Hacked at This Year's Pwn2Own(Hacked in 5 Seconds)
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| 3/10/2011
Posted on 03/10/2011 1:46:37 PM PST by BobSimons
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posted on
03/10/2011 1:46:41 PM PST
by
BobSimons
To: BobSimons
LMAO.. 5seconds to hack a mac.
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posted on
03/10/2011 1:48:03 PM PST
by
BobSimons
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
03/10/2011 1:50:57 PM PST
by
raybbr
(People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
To: BobSimons
Why, that’s impossible. Only Windoze can be hacked. /s
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posted on
03/10/2011 1:53:30 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
To: BobSimons
It’s like the “Hack a Shaq”...only computer like...
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posted on
03/10/2011 1:54:08 PM PST
by
Fedupwithit
("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" -Albert Camus)
To: BobSimons
The title is a little mis-leading.
A 3-man team worked 2 weeks to reverse engineer Webkit, then discovered an exploit in the way Webkit processes data. Once they had this, they were able to write code to take advantage of this exploit.
So, when the Pwn2own contest started .... hey, first team to crack the Mac - wins the Mac and $15K.
All they had to do was pull the trigger.
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posted on
03/10/2011 1:55:49 PM PST
by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: BobSimons
The conception that Apple, Inc. computers running OS X are magically more secure than Windows computers I don't know anyone who ever thought this "conception" was magic.
And, as Hodar says, the title is phony.
But if Windows security is good enough for you, then have at it. Just count the working exploits out there in the real world for Mac vs. for Windows.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:02:34 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Why, thats impossible. Only Windoze can be hacked. /s Or so the iTards tell us.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:06:16 PM PST
by
Drill Thrawl
(I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
To: Izzy Dunne
If the fact that MS has more exploits than Apple is good enough for you, then don’t worry about it. Relax.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:07:14 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: BobSimons
And how long did they work on the exploit -- developing it, testing it, etc.? Weeks at least.
You are an Apple-hater -- that's okay, not everybody likes Apple.
But are you also really completely ignorant of how these inane hacking contests work? The amount of time it takes to RUN the script is nothing whatsoever compared to the time it takes to try a dozen different tacks, find one that works, and develop it into a successful exploit.
Headlines and articles like this are just stupid. I'm sorry to see such drivel posted on FreeRepublic.
A discussion of the exploit would be interesting.
A bunch of loons crowing about "5 seconds" is just juvenile.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:07:15 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: BobSimons
UNIX bases OSes are very difficult to hack. There are no viruses, as that concept doesn’t work in Unix. Without the root passwd there is very little distruction that can take place. Believe me.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:11:39 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: BobSimons; dayglored
BTW, Bob...
> A bunch of loons crowing about "5 seconds" is just juvenile.
The "loons" I'm referring to are the tech whores at DailyTech, not anybody at FR.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:15:58 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
from the article
But the results show that when somebody puts in the work to enter that undiscovered country, that Macs prove as hackable as Windows computers or more so.
Luring the user to a suspect site in Safari, the VUPEN researcher remotely launched OS X's calculator app and wrote a file to the disc -- essentially paving the way for a full hijack of the machine. This was all done without the browser crashing or showing any irregularities.
He describes, "The victim visits a web page, he gets owned. No other interaction is needed."
The victim would likely think they merely clicked on a bad URL.
Thats scary going to a webpage and getting pwned..
At least Windows users utilize proactive defenses that block bad or otherwise malicious websites..
To: central_va
To: BobSimons
>>>>quit blowing smoke.
Physician, heal thyself.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:19:38 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: dayglored
And how long did they work on the exploit -- developing it, testing it, etc.? Weeks at least. why cant you even admit when Apple is wrong? Apple had flawed code
To: Hodar
So that makes it illegitimate?
The exploit was there and they got in.
But with any Apple issue, it’s everyone fault but Apple’s.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:23:04 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
(1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
To: BobSimons
At least Windows users utilize proactive defenses that block bad or otherwise malicious websites..
Only because Windows users have had to deal with a never ending stream of such attacks for years. So they are constantly fixing the problems and making it more secure. To compare the two situations it is like saying a house in the in Queens is more secure than one in Omaha because they have more locks on their doors. The moronic reporter or the unsavy reader might instantly conclude that if you want to be secure from break-ins all you have to do is move to New York City.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:23:20 PM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: BobSimons
Apple to some of their users is more beloved than their own country.
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:24:10 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
(1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
To: BobSimons
why cant you even admit when Apple is wrong? Apple had flawed code
Of course they had flawed code! So what? Have Macs been getting hacked this way often? No. Have Windows PCs been getting it this way? Yes. That is why they are more secure. Because hackers have been doing this trick or one similar to PCs for YEARS. Now that someone found this hack Apple will fix it. Just like MS fixes ones in their stuff when they are found. Life goes on. No code is perfect. Why do people have to go orgasmic if Apple makes a mistake?
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posted on
03/10/2011 2:26:54 PM PST
by
TalonDJ
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