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Apple confirms malware protection in Snow Leopard

They say Americans don't understand ironyNo irony there, Jason. Any degree of immunity that OS X has to malware is exactly because of such measures.I am gonna love.....to see the people make excuses for the reason for this. You can't say one thing and then do another in the...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Pwn2Own, virus, malware, trojan horse, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

New Apple ads ignore Microsoft assault, stick to own message

New Apple ads ignore Microsoft assault, stick to own messagemac vs. pcso let the wars begin ...ok let me startwho needs windows if he has a "life without walls"?Kinda like the death words "She has a nice personality!"Ignore the deal killer problems and concentrate on the euphemisms!The new product from...

Tags: Construction, Unlike PC, Microsoft Corp., iBot, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"

Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"This is a great article to link to......the next time I am told how wonderful/fast Mozilla is when it comes to patching vulnerabilities.Thanks!Watch And Learn MSPeople are actually paying you to sort out incidents like this, if you modularised...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Pwn2Own bug, Pwn2Own, vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller

Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie MillerWindows makes it harder to exploit holes THAT'S DAMN TRUE"It's really simple. Safari on the Mac is easier to exploit. The things that Windows do to make it harder for exploit to work, Macs don't do. Hacking into Macs is so much easier....

Tags: Hacking, Operating systems, SECURITY, Pwn2Own hacker, Charlie Miller, Pwn2Own, Apple Safari, hacker, Apple Mac OS X, risk, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, Safari

Pwn2Own trifecta: Hacker exploits IE8, Firefox, SafariUgly, just ugly!These guys walks in and out of our machines as they please. No OS and no browser is secure. A determined attacker *will* succeed.Anyone still doubts that the reason that most exploits hits Windows is market share? I'm mildly shocked that it...

Tags: Web browsers, Hacking, Operating systems, SECURITY, takeaway, Web browser, hacker, Apple Safari, IE8, Chrome, Apple Mac OS X, operating system, Linux, Pwn2Own, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Pwn2Own hacker: Apple Safari is 'easy pickings'

Pwn2Own hacker: Apple Safari is 'easy pickings'This would be the Charlie Millerwho won by cheating, correct? By using an already known Perl exploit that Apple hadn't patched yet in OS X.The event organizers know he cheated, but didn't have the onions to call him on it. Well, actually, they were...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Miller, Apple Inc., Apple Safari

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Pwn2Own hacker contest targets browsers, smart phones

Pwn2Own hacker contest targets browsers, smart phonesBig correction[i]Alex Sotirov also partnered with Macaulay in 2008 to exploit a Windows Vista vulnerability.[/i]It was not a Vista vulnerability, it was a Flash vulnerability. The [b]only[/b] OS to fall in its out of the box plus fully patched configuration was OS X. Try...

Tags: Web browsers, Smart phones, SECURITY, Handhelds, phone, Web browser, vulnerability, smart phone, Pwn2Own hacker

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Adobe patches 7 issues, including Pwn2Own contest flaw and DNS rebinding issues

Adobe patches 7 issues, including Pwn2Own contest flaw and DNS rebinding issuesadobe was aware of pwn2own flaw since monthsadobe was aware of pwn2own flaw since months

Tags: Domain names, flaw, Adobe patches 7, DNS Rebinding, Pwn2Own, DNS, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Pwn2Own: What OS really won?

Pwn2Own: What OS really won?They all lost!In my opinion, the Flash flaw would've been able to compromise any of the OS's, so I would say they all lost. BUT, if I had to go on who lost the most, I'd go as follows:1.) Mac OS X - A flaw...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, operating system, Pwn2Own, flaw, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

Pwn2Own: What OS really won?

Apple had a rough security week. Vista was hacked. And Linux is unhackable. Those takeaways appear to be the consensus view following the Pwn2Own contest but it's not that simple. Under the contest rules, organizers offered the Sony Vaio (Ubuntu 7.10), Fujitsu U810 Vista Ultimate, and the MacBook...

Tags: Ubuntu, Operating System, Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Hacker, Pwn2Own, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-31

CanSec West '08 - Pwn2Own contest rules announced

CanSec West '08 - Pwn2Own contest rules announcedPet PeeveGuinness has 2 N's and 2 S's. Besides that - good luck with Pwn2Own.of course it's a conspiracyto patch up right before the conference. Think about it, does Apple ever do anything that's not planned?RE: CanSec West '08 - Pwn2Own contest...

Tags: Guinness, Pwn2Own, CanSec West

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

Additional Resources

Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones

But... but... but... OS X is Unix! It is immune!Hmm, guess not.Now, let's list the "attacks" and then cue the double standards...1. iPhone must have the [b]worst[/b] security model out there because hackers only go after the low hanging fruit.2. I don't care [b]why[/b] no one attacks Windows Mobile, all...

Tags: Smart phones, NonZealot, Apple iPhone, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-08

Remote exploit released for Windows Vista SMB2 worm hole

Time for an out-of-cycle patch Microsoft. nt.This exploit doesn't countIf the exploit was created by security researchers, it doesn't count.Cue the double standards...It's called "Proof of concept".Originally classified as "Denial of Service", it is now proved to be wormable in every version of Windows currently on the market.But feel free...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, NonZealot, TODAY XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Snow Leopard's malware protection only scans for two trojans

Much hyped by whom?Here's a quote from the first link you provided emphasis mine: "Apple has [b]quietly[/b] added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware..."ZDNet Apple post have degenerated into a complete jokeMisinformation, untruths, fear and now pretend disappointment.Quite frankly it's embarrassing.RE: Snow Leopard's malware...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, malware protection, trojan horse, Snow Leopard, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Advanced Mac OS X rootkit tools released

Security researcher Dino Dai Zovi (of Pwn2Own fame) has released a suite of tools to demonstrate how to load an advanced rootkit on Mac OS X machines. The tools were first discussed at this year's Black Hat security conference where Dai Zovi right presented techniques to manipulate...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Tool, Dai Zovi, Rootkits, Productivity, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Browser flaws expose users to man-in-the-middle attacks

RE: Browser flaws expose users to man-in-the-middle attackslynx is safe, whew.I joke, but I swear it's getting to be that way. Apple Safari Well from all of the posters on this site i was lead to think that anything with the made by Apple was bullet proof and no...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Much Worse, lynx, operating system, malware, Apple Inc., Browser flaw, Apple Macintosh, Macs ARE, attack, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Apple patches Black Hat SMS attack flaw

On the heels of a Black Hat conference demo of an iPhone hijack via text messages, Apple has shipped an iPhone update with patches for the security flaw. The iPhone OS 3.0.1 update, available only via iTunes, addresses a memory corruption issue in the way the device...

Tags: Phone, Flaw, Apple Inc., SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-03

iPhone executes SMS binary code as root

iPhone executes SMS binary code as rootNo, iPhone is NOT UNIX basedWe all know that OS X [b]is[/b] UNIX certified.We also know that iPhone OS [b]is[/b] OS X.Therefore, iPhone OS isn't just UNIX based, it [b]is[/b] UNIX.Therefore, it is immune to all malware.At least I think that is how the...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Smart phones, Operating systems, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Unix, SMS, binary code, iPhone OS, Miller

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-06-24