Mac hacked in 2 minutes

[loligoth]

More proof that macs don't have better security than windows, just less hackers target macs...

more like more proof that windows fanboys will try to grab any straw despite they know nothing about it.

if you have any knowledge about security, you should know that this contest has nothing to do with the overall security level of the system, because it requires one to hack into a system with a new exploit, so it's more about pure luck of bumping into a previously undiscovered exploit than the overall security level of the OS. I can hack into your Windows Vista in seconds if you go to a website I have built with a trojan and view it with IE7, since there are plenty of well known IE exploits all over the web, you just need to eMule around IE7 trojan toolz and you can come up with many free tools to make trojans to hack into Windows Vista with little effort.

And if a skilled hacker wants to hack into your system, nothing can stop it. Not OSX, not Windows, not Linux, there are plenty of Linux servers getting hacked around the world. Especially if you just use the default settings without extra security measures, for example a Linux server can be hacked via the MySql server very easily if you install MySql with the default settings.

Again, if you know any basic knowledge about OS security, you'll know *nix-like system is inherently more secure than Windows, even Vista. OSX, being a *nix-like system, is far from bullet-proof, but still the overall security level is higher than any Windows system due to the structural difference in the acess control and file system design.

[BajiRav]

more like more proof that windows fanboys will try to grab any straw despite they know nothing about it.

if you have any knowledge about security, you should know that this contest has nothing to do with the overall security level of the system, because it requires one to hack into a system with a new exploit, so it's more about pure luck of bumping into a previously undiscovered exploit than the overall security level of the OS. I can hack into your Windows Vista in seconds if you go to a website I have built with a trojan and view it with IE7, since there are plenty of well known IE exploits all over the web, you just need to eMule around IE7 trojan toolz and you can come up with many free tools to make trojans to hack into Windows Vista with little effort.

And if a skilled hacker wants to hack into your system, nothing can stop it. Not OSX, not Windows, not Linux, there are plenty of Linux servers getting hacked around the world. Especially if you just use the default settings without extra security measures, for example a Linux server can be hacked via the MySql server very easily if you install MySql with the default settings.

Again, if you know any basic knowledge about OS security, you'll know *nix-like system is inherently more secure than Windows, even Vista. OSX, being a *nix-like system, is far from bullet-proof, but still the overall security level is higher than any Windows system due to the structural difference in the acess control and file system design.

I bet you can't with default Vista install, unless you managed to find some flaw in UAC.

[loligoth]

I bet you can't with default Vista install, unless you managed to find some flaw in UAC.

I don't need to find any flaw in UAC to read the stuff that your current account can read, which is practically all data in your system, which is what this contest is about.

And even if I want to get past the UAC, I can plant a trojan and wait for you to do/run something that bypass the UAC, and then gain all access rights to your whole system, even Microsoft itself have already admitted that UAC is not exactly a security feature and does not really provide higher security level.

[PyX]

What now Mac? goes to show mac can be hacked just like windows there for then being an overpriced piece of metal.

Looks like some people STILL don't get that Unix-based operating systems are a lot more secure than other OSes based on... pretty much anything

And to say it's overpriced piece of metal shows you never played with a Mac during your last two years.