It has become a truism amongst Mac users in recent time that simply because Apple's OSX is based on BSD Unix it is, by defintion, far more secure than a PC (note that what they actually mean when they say that, is a machine running Windows). However, a group of White Hat hackers have demoed today how they have 0wn3d the Apple Macbook in just 60 seconds by exploiting the low-level wifi capabilities of the machine. Time for Apple to patch up then.
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The reason most decent hackers haven't attempted a Mac before ? Because they're bloody good machines. Advertising the fact that they're not the most secure systems in the world is like sh*tting (not sure if I'm allowed to swear) on your own doorstep. Anyone worth their weight in Metroworks manuals knows that ResEdit is the door to all things illicit on the Mac.
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