Journal RobertB-DC's Journal: Ghost Article: MacBook Hacked in Security Contest 2
I'm going to try the rapid-response, no-formatting method again.
MacBook Hacked in Security Contest
Posted by CmdrTaco in The Mysterious Future!
from the caught-with-your-pants-down dept.
TheCybernator writes
"Macaulay, a software engineer, was able to hack into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple's Safari browser. The computer was one of two offered as a prize in the "PWN to Own" hack-a-Mac contest at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. The successful attack on the second and final day of the contest required a conference organizer to surf to a malicious website using Safari on the MacBook -- a type of attack familiar to Windows users. CanSecWest organizers relaxed the rules Friday after nobody at the event had breached either of the Macs on the previous day."
Links:
Story: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1457220
hack into a MacBook: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286793,00.htm
mac classic OS (Score:1)
Re: (Score:2)
We could have gotten them back -- we'd long since hacked around and figured out how to undelete files -- but in a fit of anger I crumpled the disc and threw it away.
I think the definition of "hacking" changes with the technology.