[iBook] Mac OS X hacked in less than 30 minutes

[Jean-Paul Thuot]

> "Mac OS X is easy pickings for bug finders. That said, it doesn't
> have the market share to really interest most serious bug finders,"
> Gwerdna added.
>
> Apple's OS X has come under fire in recent weeks with the appearance
> of two viruses and a number of serious security flaws, which have
> since been patched by the Mac maker.

> "The only thing which has kept Mac OS X relatively safe up until now
> is the fact that the market share is significantly lower than that of
> Microsoft Windows or the more common Unix platforms...If this
> situation was to change, in my opinion, things could be a lot worse
> on Mac OS X than they currently are on other operating systems,"
> Archibald said at the time.

You mean our ivory tower isn't safe after all?

I wonder if your basic end-user Mac connected to the net with it's
firewall up and non-essential services turned off would be as
vulnerable though.  This was a server that the crackers had local user
access to, which I think is a bit different from what most of us are
doing with our Macs.

Anyone with more experience have something to say about this?

Jean-Paul