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  • Mac OS X hacked under 30 minutes

    Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings," according to an individual who won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.

  • Mac users their own worst enemy?

    Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes, but users of Apple's OS X platform could pay a hefty price if they continue to live in denial, industry observers have warned.

  • Ancient flaws leave OS X vulnerable?

    OS X contains unpatched security flaws of a type that were fixed on alternative operating systems more than a decade ago, according to a security researcher credited with finding numerous bugs in Apple's increasingly popular platform.

  • Security blame game no easy matter

    Network security specialists want to know who's at fault for the poor state of security. And it could be a very expensive answer.

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