Comments on: Mac owned on 2nd day of Pwn2Own hack contest

By: zupakomputer

zupakomputer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:18:39 +0000

How does that work exactly? You set up a site that’s only for people to visit to get a free macbook, so they can also set up a site that is only for people to visit to get a free macbook….how can anyone make money from anyone just visiting sites; do they suppose that x amount of them will visit the adverts, then also buy something they find at the advert sites?

By: Mike Touch

Mike Touch — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:29:08 +0000

By a few minutes I mean I had to make a website, market a website and keep it up to date. I’m not going to say it’s easy as I’d be lying!

By: fever

fever — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:37:42 +0000

$10,000 for two minutes of work, now that is my kind of a pay scale.
you would only have to work like 10 minutes a year at that rate. just spend the rest of your time vacationing.

By: Mike Touch

Mike Touch — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:44:27 +0000

Pantragruel, that’s what I was getting at but you explained it a lot better. Thing is that isn’t what most MAC users realise. They like to walk around on their high horse saying how much more secure it is when really they’re just a susceptible :)

zupakomputer, of course you will get one as long as you follow the rules. I’ve received over

By: zupakomputer

zupakomputer — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:14:58 +0000

Mike, would I really get a free Macbook Air at your link?

By: Pantagruel

Pantagruel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:18:26 +0000

@Mike Touch

The effectiveness of a virus isn’t dependent on the user base but of the speed with which the hole it uses is plugged or anti viral software is updated making it possible to remove the infection.
However the amount of infected machine does matter when you need a lot of clients for a dDoS attack. The chance of getting a nice herd of bots will be bigger if you target a well spread OS which suffers security flaws like Windows.
The is no security in obscurity and the vulnerability of Apple’s OS will increase with increasing market penetration (allowing for a bigger basket of Apple’s ;) ) getting more attention from hackers/crackers and alikes.

By: Mike Touch

Mike Touch — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:28:28 +0000

The reason people say MAC is safer is because hackers code for windows due to the market share windows has. With more machines operating windows hackers have a greater reach so their viruses are much more effective!

By: MacBook Air di CanSecWest PWN2OWN 2008 « Semua Ada Tujuannya…

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By: Chris Tangora

Chris Tangora — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:57:23 +0000

Don’t forget the other rule. No exploits or vulnerabilites that have already been documented may be used to gain access. This was about true 0Day attacks, not the security as a whole.

By: zupakomputer

zupakomputer — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:08:51 +0000

Still unclear on the rules after reading that – would the OSs be set up with a passworded user account (ie – so you have to get by that for any desktop access) ?

Also, why are the comments on the final day page out of order? It’s descending for part of the comments, then it’s ascending?!