Thursday, August 03, 2006

Let the Hack Attacks Begin

Defcon comes to town, let the hack attacks begin...

Apple just released 26 security patches for Mac OS X.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33445

"The dangers may have been exaggerated, of course. Security specialist, Symantec, said that it doesn't know of current attack code for any of the issues, although some may not require specific exploit code."
But Symantec's claims seem silly now after reading this next article

Hack a Mac in 60 seconds Security smugness dissolved
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33458
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/08/hijacking_a_macbook_in_60_seco_1.html

I am going to Defcon in Las Vegas this weekend and anticipate quite a weekend.

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