What We Missed: Mac OS X Hacked in Less Than Two Minutes
October 5, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under software
Now before you wave your flags in victory (if you hate Apple) or hiss disapproval (if otherwise), here are some relevent tidbits related to the following video:
The competition (CanSecWest) was held last February; Apple should’ve closed the hole exploited by now
The exploit became successful in the second day of competition, which featured a halved $10,000
That’s because on the first day carrying a $20,000 pot, no one could successfully compromise any system
Systems available to hack were running: Linux, Mac OS X, Vista
Now you can watch the report here (opens in a new window/tab).
In any case, it’s probably good news that, despite …read more
