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Mac easiest to hack, says $10,000 winner

Safari exploited in 2 minutes

         

willybfriendly

8:29 pm on Mar 28, 2008 (gmt 0)

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The security researcher who walked away with $10,000 yesterday by hacking a MacBook Air in less than two minutes said he chose to attack Apple Inc.'s operating system for one simple reason.

"It was the easiest one of the three..."

More here... [computerworld.com]

Quadrille

12:42 pm on Mar 30, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I'm amazed that anyone would be fool enough to put up the money.

The idea of Macs being secure has always been an urban myth - hackers concentrate on Windows not because it's less secure, but because there are so many more scammees at the other end.