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Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News Suid stands for "set user ID" and is used to temporarily elevate privileges to perform a specific task such as running executables. During his presentation, 'Hacking Leopard: Tools and techniques for attacking the newest... [14 Aug 2007]
Apple fixes 'hack-a-Mac hole'
News Version 1.1 of the 2007-004 patch repairs a couple of problems with the original fix, which may cause wireless connections to drop and allow limited FTP users access beyond their privileges on an Apple FTPServer, Apple... [02 May 2007]
Apple issues OS X mega-patch
News Other holes are limited and could only be exploited to crash a Mac or used by somebody who already has access to a machine to elevate privileges, for example. Apple has issued a security update for its... [14 Mar 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News LMH, the alias of one of the two security researchers behind the Month of the Apple Bugs, said: "The risk is having your system compromised by a remote attacker, who can perform any operation under privileges of your... [03 Jan 2007]
Mac OS X gets an unwelcome visitor
News It is especially interesting since it doesn't require administrative privileges to nestle itself on the computers, said F-Secure. A new adware program silently installs on Mac OS... [28 Nov 2006]
Windows Vista Feature Focus: User Account Control
White Paper Now, even administrators will typically run most applications and system services with Standard User privileges by default, providing a smaller "Attack surface" for electronic attacks and increasing the overall security... [23 Nov 2006]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News In addition to being used to compromise a computer, the flaw could be exploited by malicious local users to gain escalated privileges to the system, the security company said. A security researcher has published attack... [22 Nov 2006]
Mac OS X exploit in the wild
News The code takes advantage of a weakness in core parts of Mac OS X and could let a user gain additional privileges. The vulnerability could be exploited by a local... [03 Oct 2006]
Apple plugs 26 holes in OS X
News A handful of flaws related to file sharing, handled by the Mac OS X AFP server, could expose user data or let a malicious user gain elevated privileges a system running... [03 Aug 2006]
Second hack-my-Mac compo goes ballistic
News This is an important distinction, because if you have local - or physical - access to a computer, you have a very distinct leg-up in terms of the ability to escalate your privileges. Dave Schroeder's challenge asked... [08 Mar 2006]
Minority Report: Mac OS X virus scares
Comment In OS X, images open by default in an application called Preview and don't require admin privileges to open. Both Mac OS X and Linux... [03 Mar 2006]
The Minority Report: The state of Mac OS X security
Comment With administrative privileges, the attacker would have full control over the Mac. According to an alert posted on the Full Disclosure mailing lists, an attacker could write a malicious widget that would... [03 Jun 2005]
Apple: Widget worries persist
News An attacker could write a malicious widget for Mac OS X 1.4 Tiger that would run invisibly in the background and hijack a user's "sudo" (or administrative) privileges on... [23 May 2005]
Mac OS X flaws exposed
News The problem with that, according to @Stake, is it allows attackers with limited access to the system to replace program files with files of their choice, thus obtaining "additional privileges from unsuspecting users, who... [29 Oct 2003]
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