ehenning writes "SecuriTeam has posted a paper on some known vulnerabilities in Mac OS X. It lists methods for developing shellcode based on the PowerPC architecture. They note that there are similar vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and Darwin as in IA32 machines."
It's a good thing Chomsky's never been guilty of using three words when one would do.
-- I am a believer of momentum and curves.
Apple is becoming popular
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At first I had a bit of a wonder as to what all this assembly code was until I realised that it wasn't actual exploits, but ways to implement an exploit once you got past the vulnerability.
The mere fact that someone has started posting this stuff on the net should be reason for all us OSX fans to rejoice: OSX is now popular enough that script kiddies and security types are starting to take notice of it.
Those 2 or 3 would also be members of the local UNIX User Group. Don Ellis, anyway. But the MUG does have a lot of grey hair. I'm the youngest regular attendee at 32, and my father is the Treasurer.
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tell application "System Events" to sleep
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Bring on the script kiddies!
Can we PLEASE stop calling it "social engineering" and start calling it "telling lies", cause that's what it is.
I am a believer of momentum and curves.
It's a good thing Chomsky's never been guilty of using three words when one would do.
I am a believer of momentum and curves.
At first I had a bit of a wonder as to what all this assembly code was until I realised that it wasn't actual exploits, but ways to implement an exploit once you got past the vulnerability.
The mere fact that someone has started posting this stuff on the net should be reason for all us OSX fans to rejoice: OSX is now popular enough that script kiddies and security types are starting to take notice of it.
Truly a two edged sword.
Those 2 or 3 would also be members of the local UNIX User Group. Don Ellis, anyway. But the MUG does have a lot of grey hair. I'm the youngest regular attendee at 32, and my father is the Treasurer.
"Common Sense Ain't" -Unknown
you can type "passwd" and viola.
I prefer the violin myself.
JP