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."
What??? That wasn't a Troll. This is a serious point. So the article suggests various means to hack an OS X/BSD system. Big deal. Social engineering is a much superior method for achieving a sinister goal. The fact that OS X is a superb OS for development/engineering/science doesn't conflict with its excellence as an art/design platform. My point was not everyone who uses OS X knows Terminal. It might be smart to teach them about it though.
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What??? That wasn't a Troll. This is a serious point. So the article suggests various means to hack an OS X/BSD system. Big deal. Social engineering is a much superior method for achieving a sinister goal. The fact that OS X is a superb OS for development/engineering/science doesn't conflict with its excellence as an art/design platform. My point was not everyone who uses OS X knows Terminal. It might be smart to teach them about it though.
Whatever.