Fresh Mac Hacking Competition Launched
News Earlier on Tuesday, Schroeder said that most of the hacking attempts were from scripts and tools attempting to use common Web exploits, dictionary attacks against SSH, port scans and scans by security tools such as Nessus.
[March 8, 2006, 8:50]
Apple's Leopard Lasts '30 Seconds' In Hack Contest
News Competitors in the hacking race were allowed to choose either a Sony laptop running Ubuntu 7.10, a Fujitsu laptop running Vista Ultimate SP1 or a MacBook Air running OS X 10.5.2. But hacking Leopard was not meant as an attack on Apple, according to...
[March 28, 2008, 8:22]
Vista, Leopard And Linux To Compete In Hack Contest
News The hacking competition at CanSecWest 2008 will pit the Linux, Leopard OS X and Vista operating systems against each other, according to CanSecWest organiser Dragos Ruiu. Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted...
[February 7, 2008, 13:23]
French Music Store Claims IPod 'anticompetitive'
News Apple has criticised the move as akin to hacking and warned that it could always break Real's approach in the next software update to the iPod. Apple expects to capitalise $5m (£2.7m)worth of research and development costs related to its...
[August 6, 2004, 9:05]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
News Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings", according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
[March 7, 2006, 9:00]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
Talkback Microsoft can't fix their own pile of shit OS, so they are trying to pull OS-X into their cesspool to make them look like shit as well. Yet another steaming triple coil by ZD and their handlers at MS.
[March 7, 2006, 19:57]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
Talkback More info on why this is a rubbish test http://www.tuaw.com/2006/03/07/another-look-at-mac-os-x-security/ This is rubbish! There were many easy ways for this Mac Mini to be hacked beacuse BASIC security measures on all macs were turned off or...
[March 7, 2006, 12:05]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
Talkback I cannot take anyone's opinion seriously if they don't know that OS X is a derivative of FreeBSD and *not* Linux.
[March 10, 2006, 8:55]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
Talkback OS X Hacked In Under 7 Minutes. The most dangerous expolit is called the “me-know-root” vulnerability,” said Neilsen. Basically, a Mac user turns on root access, and publishes the login ID and password on a web page.http://www.mac360.com/index.php...
[March 8, 2006, 0:02]
Mac Hacking Competition Winner Mocks Apple Security
Talkback The only insecurity associated with OS-X is the fear and terror the competition feels at it's superiority in every way. That's why there is this concerted effort to make OS-X look look like (Windows) crap, even if the supposed breaches, worms and...
[March 8, 2006, 0:35]
