MacLife: Think Your Mac is Secure? Think Again

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04/13/2010
by Warren Frey

When it comes to security, Apple users have had it very easy for a long time. While their Windows peers have struggled with viruses, malware, and trojans, the biggest security worry Apple users have faced is the (largely apocryphal) prospect of being mugged if they’re wearing white earbuds.

But confidence in Mac security is based more on faith than fact. At this year’s Pwn2Own contest, held annually at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, OS X security expert Charlie Miller demonstrated for the third year in a row that Apple’s products aren’t immune to exploits. Miller hacked into a MacBook via flaws in the Safari browser, and another team successfully hacked into the iPhone via its own SMS database.

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