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Charlie Miller to reveal 20 zero day security holes in Mac OS X
Engadget ^
| 19 Mar 2010
| Darren Murph
Posted on 03/25/2010 1:15:01 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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This should be interesting. But I thought Mac was unbreakable. If Charlie is correct and able to exploit a Mac then I guess what I've always said is correct...it's just not big enough to warrant the hackers to really put a focus on it. I love his analogy.
"Mac OS X is like living in a farmhouse in the country with no locks, and Windows is living in a house with bars on the windows in the bad part of town."
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:16:00 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: for-q-clinton
according to a senior guy at Trend there are ~100,000 new malware signatures created every day.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:16:54 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
I’m going to get the popcorn...this *should* be an interesting thread. Unless the Mac blinders are put on when anything bad about Mac is mentioned.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:19:05 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: for-q-clinton
I usually get flamed on these kinds of threads. No offense but I hope you’re the target for the hate and vitriol this time.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:24:35 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
I thought this would take off quicker than this. I may need to go find shadowace’s ping list and ping some of them over hear. I need some vitriol in this thread!
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:28:46 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: for-q-clinton
its early in the day, once they get up we should see more activity.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:30:19 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:32:37 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: driftdiver
its early in the day, once they get up we should see more activity.... LOL! Are you implying that mom's basement is dark and cozy?
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:32:50 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; zeugma
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:33:22 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: r9etb
LOL! Are you implying that mom's basement is dark and cozy? Well.... not really, I mean most have moved on to their very own apartments.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:35:51 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Wow as slow as this thread is starting I guess Mac really does have a very tiny userbase.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:37:39 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: r9etb
darn, thats what I get for mult-tasking. I strikethru when I should italicize.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:37:46 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: for-q-clinton
Either that or they are hiding from the reality. I bet the standard “mac hasn’t ever had a self replicating virus” to be within the first 5 mac posts though.
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posted on
03/25/2010 1:42:29 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
03/25/2010 2:05:08 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: for-q-clinton
I don’t see how malware can install itself on a Mac unless someone intentionally installs it by providing their user password. The Mac is only “breakable” if someone intentionally installs a piece of malware. Kind of a dumb thing to do.
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posted on
03/25/2010 2:10:21 PM PDT
by
Theo
(May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
To: for-q-clinton
Feeling happy to be using Chrome.
To: nickcarraway
Don’t be so sure of that. Someone posted that the Chrome really wasn’t tested because they applied a last minute patch that made it unfair to test against the others.
And someone said it is based on the same webkit as Safari. I really don’t know, but the point is EVERYONE is vulnerable and you’ll want to use multiple layers of security and common sense.
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posted on
03/25/2010 2:50:29 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: for-q-clinton; Swordmaker
Wow as slow as this thread is starting I guess Mac really does have a very tiny userbase. Let me help to get the party started...
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posted on
03/25/2010 3:00:42 PM PDT
by
politicket
(1 1/2 million attended Obama's coronation - only 14 missed work!)
To: politicket
so far crickets.
I guess the Mac fans can’t defend this so they just stay away instead of admitting they were wrong in the past.
Oh well. Just need to bookmark this thread so it can be posted to any mac zealot that claims they are super secure and haven’t been exploited.
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posted on
03/25/2010 3:50:36 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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