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 Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:36 am Post subject: Mac Book Air PWNED in hacking contest |
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Copied this from yahoo news. Thought Id share with you all. not even a crapintosh is safe any more.
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"Mac gets hacked first in contest
Robert McMillan
Thu Mar 27, 4:25 PM ET
San Francisco - It may be the quickest $10,000 Charlie Miller ever earned.
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He took the first of three laptop computers -- and a $10,000 cash prize -- Thursday after breaking into a MacBook Air at the CanSecWest security conference's PWN 2 OWN hacking contest.
Show organizers offered a Sony Vaio, Fujitsu U810, and the MacBook as prizes, saying that they could be won by anybody at the show who could find a way to hack into each of them and read the contents of a file on the system using a previously undisclosed "0day" attack.
Nobody was able to hack into the systems on the first day of the contest when contestants were only allowed to attack the computers over the network, but on Thursday, the rules were relaxed so that attackers could direct contest organizers using the computers to do things like visit Web sites or open e-mail messages.
Miller, best known as one of the researchers who first hacked Apple's iPhone last year, didn't take much time. Within 2 minutes, he directed the contest's organizers to visit a Web site that contained his exploit code, which then allowed him to seize control of the computer, as about 20 onlookers cheered him on.
He was the first contestant to attempt an attack on any of the systems.
Miller was quickly given a nondisclosure agreement to sign, and he's not allowed to discuss particulars of his bug until the contest's sponsor, TippingPoint, can notify the vendor.
Contest rules state that Miller could only take advantage of software that was preinstalled on the Mac, so the flaw he exploited must have been accessible by, or possibly inside, Apple's Safari browser.
Last year's contest winner, Dino Dai Zovi, exploited a vulnerability in QuickTime to take home the prize.
Dai Zovi, who congratulated Miller after his hack, didn't participate in this year's contest, saying it was time for someone else to win." |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| lol so basically the MacBook got beat really bad because of the Apple Safari software? Wow thats bad for Apple |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| yea wow that really sucks 4 them hahaha |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats why we love Bill Gates cuz he beats Apple!! |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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The stock macbook doesn't even have a cd drive...you need to download the programs off the internet
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Really? I never knew that but I think CD drives are begining to be used less and less |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| yea dabomb i have been hearing that as well |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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i dont see why you would buy that if you drop it it will break and i hate macs in general
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| da_bomb wrote: | | Really? I never knew that but I think CD drives are begining to be used less and less |
you may heard/read wrong the air book uses a external USB CD/DVD drive instead of internal which means you have to lug around a bulk rom drive with you were ever you go or load everything on you flash drive. The HDD MACBOOK will be replaced, using what is called a "solid state flash memory" i believe it's at 60-80gb at the moment kinda like a flash drive instead of a hard drive. Now if you want to look cool at the local star bucks and do you shopping at IKEA then the macbook is for you, But if I was to pay that much for a laptop Id get me a Panasonic Toughbook. |
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