Apple Says OS X Vulnerable to Security Breach
Posted by WishX on 23 May 2004 - 04:47 · 6 comments & 376 views
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#1 Posted by timdorr on 23 May 2004 - 05:31
- Woo! Let's get our panties in a bunch over some security vulnerabilities. No OS is perfect. Not Windows, not OS X, not Linux, not even OpenBSD.
Considering these exploits haven't been even turned into real-world instances and just exist as test code, I won't be freaking out about this, anyways. I don't have a virus scanner or firewall on my powerbook for a reason
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#1.1 Posted by amdme2600 on 23 May 2004 - 08:44
QUOTE (#1.0) Woo! Let's get our panties in a bunch over some security vulnerabilities. No OS is perfect. Not Windows, not OS X, not Linux, not even OpenBSD.
Considering these exploits haven't been even turned into real-world instances and just exist as test code, I won't be freaking out about this, anyways. I don't have a virus scanner or firewall on my powerbook for a reason
Wow you sure have something smart and informing to say.
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#2 Posted by Mav Phoenix on 23 May 2004 - 06:00
- It's just a matter of time before it does become a real world instance, but the question is will anyone take notice since there are such a small percentage of Mac/Book users?
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#3 Posted by the evn show on 23 May 2004 - 06:12
- Isn't this the same Launch Services issue/hole/exploit that we were talking about earlier (when people used disks:// and then again later with telnet://)?
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#4 Posted by amdme2600 on 23 May 2004 - 11:01
- I was born a woman
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#5 Posted by Jason on 23 May 2004 - 16:16
- Is it really worth the hassle exploiting this so all 10 MAC users are affected ?
Apple, warning of a rare security hole in the company's OS X operating system for the second time this month, said in a release that a "theoretical vulnerability" in an application used to get help while browsing the Web could expose users to a malicious software code.
The specific nature of the security hole, such as whether it makes the computer vulnerable to outsiders or allows virus-like code to enter the operating system, was not made clear. Cupertino, California-based Apple's officials declined to provide specific comment beyond the release.
Mac, and its legion of enthusiastic users, have long touted the benefits of owning Apple's Macintosh personal computer, such as its ease of use and immunity from the computer viruses that plague users of PCs running Microsoft's Windows operating system.
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