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Old 03-13-2009, 07:51 AM   #1
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LXer: Mac OS X easy to crack, says researcher


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A well-regarded security consultant has shown just how easy it can be to take illicit control of Mac OS X. Security consultant Dino Dai Zovi has given a demonstration to the SOURCE security, business and technology conference in Boston in which he broke into a Mac and took photos with its iSight camera. Dai Zovi explained that Mac OS X's heap memory is poorly protected, and that it is relatively easy to find the location of various libraries.

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Old 03-13-2009, 08:18 AM   #2
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What!? Something designed by the iPod company isn't secure???
 
  


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