zhense Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6046197.ht...46197&subj=news Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings," according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability. On Feb. 22, the Sweden-based Mac enthusiast set up his Mac Mini as a server and invited hackers to break through the computer's security and gain root control, which would allow the attacker to take charge of the computer and delete files and folders or install applications. Participants were given local client access to the target computer and invited to try their luck. Within hours of going live, the "rm-my-mac" competition was over. The challenger posted this message on his Web site: "This sucks. Six hours later, this poor little Mac was owned, and this page got defaced." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 ahahahhahahhahaha pwned!!!!!!!! maxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 old news but... Participants were given local client access to the target computer and invited to try their luck. i'm surprised it took more than a few hrs. what is they werent given client access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Wasn't the entire contest skewed to allow for such easy access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampTK Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 yes, few days after a professor in some university made a contest but without giving client access to participants, I think it lasted a week (until the university decided they didn't want him to run a contest on their network) and in that time nobody could gain access to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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