Mac OS - The easiest to hack?

[---MAD---]

The winner of a competition "PWN TO OWN" says the Mac is the easiest OS to hack into out of the 3 most known (linux, Mac, Windows). The winner walked home with $10,000 and the Mac book air which he hacked into within 2 minutes!

Seems pretty interesting but I am sure it will be patched up soon :).

Full article here (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9072959&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top).

[N!ck]

The winner of a competition "PWN TO OWN" says the Mac is the easiest OS to hack into out of the 3 most known (linux, Mac, Windows). The winner walked home with $10,000 and the Mac book air which he hacked into within 2 minutes!

Seems pretty interesting but I am sure it will be patched up soon :).

Full article here (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9072959&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top).

Aye, as was discussed here http://habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=470533

It was patched very soon after too.

[DaveTaylor]

It was patched 20 minutes after and also it wasn't OSX that was the exploit it was Crossover that was the exploit door.

[:....:mike:....:]

That is pretty impressive. I have heard MAC is very hard to hack into, I guess they were proven wrong.

[DaveTaylor]

That is pretty impressive. I have heard MAC is very hard to hack into, I guess they were proven wrong.

It wasn't OSX read my post :|

[Kieran]

It was done using opera so I believe?

[DaveTaylor]

It was done using opera so I believe?

Safari on Crossover

[Kieran]

Knew it was a browser of some kind :P

[:....:mike:....:]

It wasn't OSX read my post :|
I based my opinion on the article that was posted. I must have misread something, anyhow. I see now that it was not the actual MAC, rather it was a "crossover" as you stated meaning it was from one computer to another.

[Flisker]

Nothing is unhackable if you know what you are doing.

[DaveTaylor]

Nothing is unhackable if you know what you are doing.
Hacking isn't hard, the theory behind it is.

[shizzle]

I heard Mac was good, my opinions has changed.

[xxMATTGxx]

I heard Mac was good, my opinions has changed.

When it wasn't actually os x? It was just done by a crossover. Don't you lot listen to Dave? And it was patched after 20 mins. So its still safe LOL.

[shizzle]

When it wasn't actually os x? It was just done by a crossover. Don't you lot listen to Dave? And it was patched after 20 mins. So its still safe LOL.
But its still hackable.

[DaveTaylor]

When it wasn't actually os x? It was just done by a crossover. Don't you lot listen to Dave? And it was patched after 20 mins. So its still safe LOL.

There just bone idle :|

[xxMATTGxx]

But its still hackable.

So is Windows, lets have different feelings about that! If you read the other thread, Dave or someone did say everything is hackable in a way. <_<

[shizzle]

I know anything is hackable. They make this sound like a piece of cake.

[lumisota]

Well, they didn't trot in off the street unprepared.

It was only a piece of cake because they had rehearsed it so many times.

[---MAD---]

But its still hackable.
Anything complex is hackable some way or another. You just need people with motivation to do it. Many people would rather hack Windows than Macs because there are more Windows users. Many Mac users run without antiviruses etc.

[The Professor]

Ok, time to take an interest in what dave is saying!

What's a crossover?

[Blue]

Ok, time to take an interest in what dave is saying!

What's a crossover?

:P I was thinking the exact same thing.

[Stephen!]

Does it really matter if it was Safari? Safari gets shipped with every copy of OSX and if they found an exploit in safari then really they could get access to alot of machines if it wasn't patched (thank god it was patched quickly).

[shizzle]

Anything complex is hackable some way or another. You just need people with motivation to do it. Many people would rather hack Windows than Macs because there are more Windows users. Many Mac users run without antiviruses etc.
Obviously there is more Windows user. But the hacker must be really bored.

[xxMATTGxx]

Anything complex is hackable some way or another. You just need people with motivation to do it. Many people would rather hack Windows than Macs because there are more Windows users. Many Mac users run without antiviruses etc.

Yeah and I'm one of them. Yeah I'm glad it was patched quickly as it was :)

[shizzle]

I am now a Windows Vista :D

[N!ck]

Crossover is just a way of directly connecting two computers together using a crossover cable from one ethernet port to the other.

[Jinc]

That is pretty impressive. I have heard MAC is very hard to hack into, I guess they were proven wrong.

You've probably heard that its very hard to pick up viruses on a Mac.. and that's true.

Anyone can hack into any operating system if they know what they're doing.

[GommeInc]

Is this the same competition where Linux and Vista haven't been hacked into yet in the same way as the Mac, or did I mis-read the other thread?

[Stephen!]

Vista got hacked through a flash exploit

[GommeInc]

Vista got hacked through a flash exploit
Ah ok, and what of Linux? Or is that being unbelievably good :P

[Splinter]

It was simply an exploit in Webkit. Which was patched ages ago but not updated by apple. This just comes down to not keeping software up to date.

[Stephen!]

Yah ubuntu just pwned everything.