Security Exploits

[Dylan]

Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

Interesting stuff, right from a 'computer security expert's *cough*hacker*cough* mouth!

 

[Goat]

Interesting stuff, it appears a 3 year old could hack a Mac, but everyone has problems with Windows and Firefox.

 

[Dylan]

This is known as a bump:

Pertinent points:

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It’s really simple. Safari on the Mac is easier to exploit. The things that Windows do to make it harder (for an exploit to work), Macs don’t do. Hacking into Macs is so much easier. You don’t have to jump through hoops and deal with all the anti-exploit mitigations you’d find in Windows.
It’s more about the operating system than the (target) program. Firefox on Mac is pretty easy too. The underlying OS doesn’t have anti-exploit stuff built into it."

 

[chicoazul]

Ghost: It wont go away if you ignore it.

Macca: Told you.