Mac OSX x Hacker x Cracked in 10 Seconds
Written by Sep 1, 2009, 4:28 PM
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Back in March of 2009, there is a contest appropriately named, PWN2OWN. Which in layman’s terms is a hacker convention, to where they hack Operating systems in phones and PC’s.
This year, A Security Researcher (aka Hacker), Miller of Independent Security Evaluators used an exploit he found in the Macintosh OSX operating system. He gained access to a MacBook in under 10 seconds, taking home a $5,000 prize.
That right there proves that a Mac is not as safe and virus-less as people appraise them to be. Granted, yes they are less liable to succumb to a virus and/or malware than their Windows counter-part.
In reality, nothing is safe. You have to be aware of what you visit on a daily basis, & doing routine maintenance.
But with the mentality of Security Researchers, nothing is more fulfilling than a challenge to do the impossible. To break the unbreakable.
Source: Computer World
Tags: 10 sec, Exploit, Hacker, Independent Security Evaluators, Mac, MacBook, OS, PWN2OWN, X
