http://news.com.com/Mac+OS+X+hacked+in+less+than+30+minutes/2100-1002_3-6046197.html?tag=nefd.top

3/6/2006 3:26:51 PM

SSH port was open (no firewall) - this situation applies to most *nix systems.

3/6/2006 3:32:30 PM

http://test.doit.wisc.edu/ Give it a shot then.

Though it's a lot harder when you don't have an SSH login to the computer...

Quote :

"The ZDnet article, and almost all of the coverage of it, failed to mention a very critical point: anyone who wished it was given a local account on the machine (which could be accessed via ssh). Yes, there are local privilege escalation vulnerabilities; likely some that are "unpublished". But this machine was not hacked from the outside just by being on the Internet. It was hacked from within, by someone who was allowed to have a local account on the box. That is a huge distinction. "

3/6/2006 3:32:45 PM

im sure if apple had a larger market share they'd be able to locate and fix these securities issues faster as well. just my opinion though.

3/6/2006 3:36:25 PM

news.com.com

3/6/2006 3:36:40 PM

^ That's a legit CNET domain (if that's what you were trying to say).

3/6/2006 3:54:39 PM

orly? did not know that.

3/6/2006 3:57:01 PM

yeah, i never understood that domain choice. why wouldn't they just use a different domain rather than risk it looking shady. i guess it's not that big a deal now that everyone (almost) knows news.com.com but it just seems kinda ghetto

3/6/2006 4:03:05 PM

news.com works
has since '94 or so

3/6/2006 4:25:53 PM

its com.com that makes it look shady not news.com

3/6/2006 4:28:55 PM