OS X Bug Exploited To Infect Macs Without Need For Password

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday August 4, 2015 @06:20PM from the sooner-or-later dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A new flaw has been discovered in the latest version of OS X which allows hackers to install malware and adware onto a Mac without the need for any system passwords, researchers say. The serious zero-day vulnerability was first identified last week and results from a modified error-logging feature in OS X Yosemite which hackers are able to exploit to create files with root privileges. The flaw is currently found in the 'fully patched' OS X 10.10.4, but is not in the newest 10.11 El Capitan beta – suggesting that Apple developers were aware of the issue and are testing a fix.

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Re:Also fixed in 10.10.5 by Anonymous Coward · 2015-08-04 18:44 · Score: 3, Funny

But Windows 10 is free and people already happily flock to free adware infested services like Facebook, Gmail, etc. So Microsoft just took the normal adware-filled web browsing user experience and transported it to the desktop to make using computers more consistent!
Anyway, with the way Apple's stock is going it's just a matter of time before the same thing in OSX. Except Apple won't give any options to disable it.