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Aug 3 2006, 09:32 AM
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![]() Bleeping GloDiva ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228 |
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Aug 4 2006, 12:50 PM
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Distinguished Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 837 Joined: 10-September 05 From: Akron,OH Member No.: 33,684 |
Just goes to prove that MAC is as vulneralbe as Windows but not targeted as much. If you stick to Windows just take more caution. Remeber just because it is a MAC dont mean it is going to be safe forever..
-------------------- Caution: Linux Enthusiast has posted, please be aware that he might start talking about the home folder or ndiswrapper, these are natural and just ignore them.
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Aug 7 2006, 03:04 PM
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![]() Forum Addict ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,137 Joined: 20-February 05 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 12,556 |
MAC might be "safer" that is exactely the word they aren't "SAFE". Anything can be hacked as long as the hacker puts his mind to it... All we can do is slow them down and make new ways of trying to stop them...
-------------------- "A kiss is just a kiss until you find the one you love. A hug is just a hug until you find the one your always thinking of. A dream is just a dream until it comes true. Love is just a word until its proven to you."
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Aug 9 2006, 07:29 AM
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![]() Forum Addict ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: BC Advisor Posts: 2,617 Joined: 23-September 05 Member No.: 34,941 |
This quote scares me a little:
Microsoft is trying to rectify that problem with Windows Vista -- the next version of its operating system by only allowing the installation of device drivers that have met the company's security testing procedures. Don't creators of device drivers have to pay Microsoft in order to get tested and get signed by Microsoft? It sounds like the creation of another profit center for Micro$oft. -------------------- ALBERT FRANKENSTEIN
I'M SO SMART IT'S SCARY! There's 3 types of people in this world - those who are good at math, and those who are not. DID I HELP? PLEASE CONSIDER A SMALL DONATION VIA PAYPAL. THANK YOU. |
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Aug 13 2006, 06:55 AM
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Distinguished Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 837 Joined: 10-September 05 From: Akron,OH Member No.: 33,684 |
I agree Albert. Just a way to make things worse for all or us. M$ makes enough $ as it is no need for ne more. If I cant install a driver tht isnt signed by M$ then I am staying with XP and DOS on most of my systems.
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Aug 18 2006, 07:49 PM
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![]() Distinguished Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: 9-May 06 From: PCLinuxOS Land Member No.: 67,460 |
QUOTE MacBook Wi-Fi hack didn't use Apple drivers
By Jim Dalrymple In early August a senior researcher at SecureWorks said he had revealed a vulnerability in Apple’s MacBook wireless software driver that would allow him to take control of the machine. While the researcher did find a vulnerability, he was using a third-party wireless driver, not the driver that ships with the MacBook. “Despite SecureWorks being quoted saying the Mac is threatened by the exploit demonstrated at Black Hat, they have provided no evidence that in fact it is,” Apple Director of Mac PR, Lynn Fox, told Macworld. “To the contrary, the SecureWorks demonstration used a third party USB 802.11 device–not the 802.11 hardware in the Mac–a device which uses a different chip and different software drivers than those on the Mac. Further, SecureWorks has not shared or demonstrated any code in relation to the Black Hat-demonstrated exploit that is relevant to the hardware and software that we ship.” http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/17/wi...shack/index.php -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" ![]() |
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Aug 19 2006, 10:46 AM
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 12-July 06 From: Canada, eh! Member No.: 75,888 |
Yeah, Windows is mainly a target because most of the people use it, but if Mac gets really really popular it'll be a giant target too.
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Aug 19 2006, 12:46 PM
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![]() Bleepin' Conundrum ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Global Moderator Posts: 8,867 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
UPDATE
"SecureWorks admits to falsifying MacBook wireless hack" And some comments at CoU too. (Liars deserve a large L burned onto their heads around all points of the compass so we can see them coming, going, passing or just idling.) -------------------- |
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Aug 19 2006, 04:09 PM
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![]() Bleeping GloDiva ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228 |
Thanks Koan for the update. I have edited the the title appropriately.
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