http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Sounds like Snow Leopard has gotten a little frostbitten...]]>Jan 13th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Yeah, but you still have to download it, decompress the zip file, double click on the disc image to mount it, run the installer, put in your password, accept it, quit the installer, unmount the disc image and then save it someplace or throw it into the trash and empty it.

I don't see many people adopting this yet until they come with a truly easier way to hack my computer.]]>Jan 13th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/How's the bubble life?]]>Jan 13th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
yep just like every other virus out for OS X.

Oh wait.]]>Jan 13th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/You're right using 'Engadget' and 'Mac bashing' in one sentence IS ridiculous.]]>Jan 13th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2684975202_4f32a09a73_o.jpg]]>Jan 13th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
You know the figure head of Engadget, Josh, uses a MacBook lolol]]>Jan 13th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Yet the Apple computer always seems to be the first one to get hacked at that hacker demonstration.. Funny that. ]]>Jan 13th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
There is such a Mac bias on Engadget!
Where's the PC virus news, damnit?]]>Jan 13th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
i wonder why engadget never photoshops Jobs like they do Ballmer...]]>Jan 13th 2010 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
ITS A TRAP!]]>Jan 14th 2010 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Yeah! Its so much easier on my Windows PC!
I have to download the zip file, decompress it, run the installer, press accept on UAC (putting the password in if i'm on a limited account, people would throw even more of a fit if this was required even on admin accounts), and go through the whole install! Its SO easy!
A trojan is a trojan and NO OS is immune to human stupidity.]]>Jan 14th 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Where's your Jobs now?]]>Jan 14th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
It isn't really news to report a Windows exploit because there are a lot of them. I'd also argue that you have a higher likelihood that your average tech dumbass is using a Windows machine also, but whatever.

And what about Conficker? That got lots and lots of press.]]>Jan 14th 2010 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 14th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/editors/
might come in handy for your BCC field :P]]>Jan 13th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
So what you are admitting to, is that you a script kiddy pretending you a fearsome hacker when all u got is copy/paste]]>Jan 13th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/I think he is talking about the picture.]]>Jan 13th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Get over it. Until one single Mac is compromised by this worm, there is no threat. And Apple knows their business way better than you do. They've been through this.

And if such hair-on-fire articles were to run about Windows and LInux, every time something like this came up for those OSs, there wouldn't be any space left for other news. ]]>Jan 13th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
What's the fuss. I tried the proof of concept from the linked site and it didn't barf for me mac 10.5.8

bash-3.2$ cat overflow.c
#include
#include

int main ()
{

char number[] = "0.1111111111...11", *e;

double weed = strtod(number, &e);

printf("grams = %lf\n", weed);
return 0;

}
bash-3.2$ gcc -o of overflow.c
bash-3.2$ ./of
grams = 0.111111
bash-3.2$
]]>Jan 13th 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/As the fact that no Mac has ever been compromised that wasn't the user being a total idiot. ]]>Jan 13th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
You mean like working on Win7 bootcamp support they promised would be available by the first of the year? http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10423148-263.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20]]>Jan 13th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Rant: fooking comment system]]>Jan 13th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Don't be stupid. Win 7 works fine in Boot Camp. Yes, I am running it myself. Are you? No don't bother answering that question, we both know the answer.]]>Jan 13th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Ahhh yes, I am stupid because Apple promised me Win7 compatibility for Mac, and yet, they did not provide it. I am the stupid one for saying that Win7 compatibility is coming, when, obviously, it is not needed. I am the stupid one, for changing a document on the Apple web site, because when I did not meet the goal, I need to cover that up so I can save face.

No, I do not run Win7 on either of my Macs. I have dedicated PCs for that.

BTW, I did not give you permission to respond to me. You said you would ask first.]]>Jan 13th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
And you appear to be ignoring the fact that Win 7 IS compatible with the Mac. Did you miss that part? Want me to say it a third time to be sure?

Win 7 IS compatible with the Mac. So yes, you are the stupid one here. Also, you don't appear to understand sarcasm, so next time I'll be clearer about pointing out why you're being stupid.

But go ahead, say something else about Win 7 not being compatible with the Mac. I mean how dumb you look at this point really depends on how far you're willing to go with this whole "I don't read very well" thing.]]>Jan 13th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
If it is compatible with the Mac, then why is Apple working on a software update to Boot Camp to support Windows 7: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920

If Apple themselves say they are working on compatibility, then, while what is there may work, but Apple has decided it does not work as it should.

But, you know, I am too stoopid to be talking as gooder as yous, or somein.]]>Jan 13th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
You're right, I don't actually have Win 7 running in Boot Camp with no problems.

Oh wait, yes I do. My experience is > your badly misinformed assumptions. Far be it from you to actually try something before claiming it doesn't work though, right?

The update Apple is working on is to further support Win 7, not to make it work. Wasn't that obvious from the fact that Win 7 does, in fact, work in Boot Camp?

And yes, you are too stupid to be talking. Go back to the peanut gallery and punch yourself in the nuts a few times. Bad troll! Bad! ]]>Jan 13th 2010 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 13th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Just to add to this. I'm running Windows 7 just fine with Parallels and Boot Camp as well. I know many people who do. The compatibility issues are minor...such as the fans sometimes coming on at full throttle despite the lack of heat.]]>Jan 13th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Windows 7 works fine on my Macbook with the exception of battery life. That's why Apple need to get the new drivers out.

In fact it works so well I can't remember when I last booted into OS X to be honest.
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Yeah, I mean it works swimmingly what with the daily, repetitive hardfreezes and crashes- I mean- *ahem* Golly Bootcamp is swell, silly me and my minor issues. Excuse me while I go choke again.

Sincerely,
Lemon Unibody Macbook Pro [subject to XP/Vista/7 Bootcamp]]]>Jan 13th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Yeah we believe you.]]>Jan 13th 2010 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/
Uh huh. So it works fine for me and everybody I know who is running Win 7 in Boot Camp, but not you. Yeah, I'm sure it's the Mac's fault.]]>Jan 14th 2010 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/leopard-and-snow-leopard-flaw-exploited-in-proof-of-concept-rea/Jan 14th 2010 8:27AM