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Passwords in Mac OS X Can Be Pilfered With New Tool(Whoopsies!)
PCWorld ^
| Jul 27, 2011 8:40 am
| By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News
Posted on 07/27/2011 10:03:15 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
A company that makes password recovery tools has released one that can snatch passwords from a locked or sleeping Macintosh running Mac OS X Lion by plugging another computer into the Mac's FireWire port. The attack technique is several years old and the only way to defend against it is to turn the Mac off.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: apple; macosx; scaremongering; security
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To: samtheman
Really? That seems kind of sad....
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posted on
07/27/2011 7:19:34 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Someone the other day said I'm not a nice person. How did they know?)
To: dayglored
42
posted on
07/27/2011 7:19:56 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Ah, well, seems I’m even more tired than I thought. Can’t even copy/paste (see correction above at #42). Good night...
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posted on
07/27/2011 7:23:29 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: freekitty
I think so. I’ll go see about posting him on my profile page.
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posted on
07/27/2011 7:27:19 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: Gator113
Now those are a pair of GSD Studs. Really handsome guys. Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
07/27/2011 8:43:49 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: samtheman
You left one group off your list:
Microsoft FanBoyz who get the bulk if their entertainment from slamming Apple fans (regardless if their status as a fanatic or not).
47
posted on
07/27/2011 10:35:55 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I don’t have a firewire port on my Mac laptop. Problem solved!
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posted on
07/28/2011 3:30:33 AM PDT
by
aviator
(Armored Pest Control)
To: dayglored
Might want to remove the crown and figure out why the handheld couldn’t follow the link.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
by plugging another computer into the Mac's FireWire port. I absolutely agree that others having access to your computer is a significant security risk.
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posted on
07/28/2011 6:16:39 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(We're flat broke, but he thinks these solar shingles and really fast trains will magically save us.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
>
Might want to remove the crown and figure out why the handheld couldn’t follow the link. No crown here, just sayin' you ain't got one either, so you can come down off your high horse about 25+ years of programming.
You might want to read two comments further where I corrected the link. Just a bad copy/paste of the URL in the HREF. In any case, it's just my FR profile page, the section on tech background.
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posted on
07/28/2011 7:10:50 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: samtheman
It might be much simpler to just start up the computer with A Leopard disk, which lets you change the password, then you can have access to it all.
PC Experts always take the hardest path possible, but the do have more fun, or at least, so they say.
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posted on
07/28/2011 11:51:10 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(--I will vote for Sarah Palin, even if I have to write her in. --He that hath an ear, let him hear.)
To: itsahoot
Yes, it’s true. And in fact there are boot-up programs for PC’s that allow you to “recover lost administrator passwords”. I’ve used them myself.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Mac security is a now officially a joke. Would you like to try hacking into my Mac?
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posted on
07/29/2011 7:11:15 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
To: cowboyway
I bet the coaster next to the Iphone is rigged to explode.
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