Hacker Breaks into Mac at Security Conference
From IDG News Service
A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference here.
Initially, contestants were invited to try to access one of two Macs through a wireless access point while the Macs had no programs running. No attackers managed to do so, and so conference organizers allowed participants to try to get in through the browser by sending URLs via e-mail.
(Shawn's Comment: So when nobody could do what was originally asked, they made the "contest" easier)
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A chilling conference
In case anyone doubts that hackers as well as researchers are now looking at the Mac take a look at this:
http://shmoocon.org/2007/videos/Backbone%20Fuzzing%20-%20Raven.mp4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L74o9RQbkUA
You still think we are safe?
I am worried.
Tut
"You still think we are
"You still think we are safe?"
Define "safe". If you mean as in "No one can ever do anything damaging to me" then no, we're not safe.
"I am worried."
Why? Nothing has been proven to be "in the wild".
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Shawn King
Host/Executive Producer
Your Mac Life
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