Some of Our Sources
- BoingBoing
- Team Treehouse
- Smashing Apps
- Six Revisions
- Creative Curio
- Inspiredology
- Line 25
- Wal You
- Web Resource Source
- Android Dissected
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
August 5, 2015 08:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-AmsJfZ4f4I/os-x-bug-exploited-to-infect-macs-without-need-for-password
OS X Bug Exploited To Infect Macs Without Need For Password
An anonymous reader writes: A new flaw has been discovered in the latest version of OS X which allows hackers to install malware and adware onto a Mac without the need for any system passwords, researchers say. The serious zero-day vulnerability was first identified last week and results from a modified error-logging feature in OS X Yosemite which hackers are able to exploit to create files with root privileges. The flaw is currently found in the 'fully patched' OS X 10.10.4, but is not in the newest 10.11 El Capitan beta – suggesting that Apple developers were aware of the issue and are testing a fix.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/-AmsJfZ4f4I/os-x-bug-exploited-to-infect-macs-without-need-for-password
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot