LMAO.. 5seconds to hack a mac.
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Why, that’s impossible. Only Windoze can be hacked. /s
The title is a little mis-leading.
A 3-man team worked 2 weeks to reverse engineer Webkit, then discovered an exploit in the way Webkit processes data. Once they had this, they were able to write code to take advantage of this exploit.
So, when the Pwn2own contest started .... hey, first team to crack the Mac - wins the Mac and $15K.
All they had to do was pull the trigger.
I don't know anyone who ever thought this "conception" was magic.
And, as Hodar says, the title is phony.
But if Windows security is good enough for you, then have at it. Just count the working exploits out there in the real world for Mac vs. for Windows.
You are an Apple-hater -- that's okay, not everybody likes Apple.
But are you also really completely ignorant of how these inane hacking contests work? The amount of time it takes to RUN the script is nothing whatsoever compared to the time it takes to try a dozen different tacks, find one that works, and develop it into a successful exploit.
Headlines and articles like this are just stupid. I'm sorry to see such drivel posted on FreeRepublic.
A discussion of the exploit would be interesting.
A bunch of loons crowing about "5 seconds" is just juvenile.
UNIX bases OSes are very difficult to hack. There are no viruses, as that concept doesn’t work in Unix. Without the root passwd there is very little distruction that can take place. Believe me.
I love to see the texturbation between fanbois and anti-fanbois alike in these threads. It reminds me why politics sucks, and that the world we live in is 99% opinion, and 1% fact.
I missed this years competition. But I guess this makes 4 years in a row OSX was the first hacked!