__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Wednesday 08 March 2006 03:17 \__
> __/ [ GreyCloud ] on Wednesday 08 March 2006 02:21 \__
>
>> Sinister Midget wrote:
>>
>>> On 2006-03-07, GreyCloud <mist@xxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
>>>
>>>>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6046588.html
>>>>>
>>>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| "An Apple Computer patch released last week doesn't completely fix a
>>>>>| high-profile Mac OS X flaw, leaving a toehold for cyberattacks,
>>>>>| experts said."
>>>>>`----
>>>>>
>>>>>This is one among a long series of articles, which have hit the news in
>>>>>the past fortnight. It carried on ever since that Safari execution
>>>>>vulnerability.
>>>>
>>>>http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6046197.html?part=rss&tag=6046197&subj=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control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.
>>>
>>>
>>> This has to be a hoax. Oxxie Moron would have told us about this major
>>> advance on the Apphole platform.
>>>
>>
>> I wish it were a hoax too, but like Mitnik says, those few that have an
>> unpublished or unkown to anybody else exploit are dangerous.
>> Oxturd would tell us that it just isn't so. :-))
>
> Oxford is the one I had in mind when posting this...
Breaking news:
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6047038.html?part=rss&tag=6047038&subj=news
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| "A university systems engineer in Wisconsin is inviting hackers
| to break into his Mac.
|
| Dave Schroeder, a senior systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin,
| launched his contest on Monday. An earlier challenge was too easy, he
| said."
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