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Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X
From: "Peters, Kevin" <Kevin.Peters () OLC STATE OH US>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 13:42:49 -0400
Not to flame anyone or try to defend Safari and the Mac, however Charlie Miller worked out the hack way in advance and had tested it long before entering the contest. His objective was to win $10,000 and a MacBook, which he did. Kevin Peters IT Manager The Ohio Lottery -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of David Auclair Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:28 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X The recent pwn2own contest results are particularly interesting. The mac was pwned in seconds. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2917 Or the recent Mac Botnet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157 Macs are starting to be more of a target. Regards, David Auclair Computer Security Administration Computing and Networking Services University of Toronto -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Joel Rosenblatt Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:20 PM To: Subject: Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Only if you believe everything you see on TV :-) We are seeing Mac's sending spam, scanning, etc. ... all of the things that you see in a good Windows box. My 2 cents. Joel Rosenblatt Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security Columbia Information Security Office (CISO) Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033 http://www.columbia.edu/~joel --On Monday, May 04, 2009 1:03 PM -0400 Caroline Couture <caroline () POBOX UPENN EDU> wrote:
Hi! I thought that the general thinking was to have anti-virus on the Mac
to prevent it from being a transmission vector for things like macro viruses, I can see
tripwire helping with compromises of Darwin. Is that no longer the thinking? Caroline Caroline Couture College House Computing 3702 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end -- which
you can never afford to lose -- with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts
of your current reality, whatever they might be. -- Vice Admiral James
Bond Stockdale
Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security Columbia Information Security Office (CISO) Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033 http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
Current thread:
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X, (continued)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Kamnab Keo/FS/VCU (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Rowe, Ken (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Caroline Couture (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Joel Rosenblatt (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X David Auclair (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gene Spafford (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Peters, Kevin (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Stanclift, Michael (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Stanclift, Michael (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Joel Rosenblatt (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Eric C. Lukens (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Gargac. Jeff (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Noah Abrahamson (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Morrow Long (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Cal Frye (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X Spransy, Derek (May 04)
- Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X King, Ronald A. (May 04)
(Thread continues...)