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If you run Mac OS X Yosemite, don't use an emoji in your password
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2015-12-17 00:16
As at least one poor soul found out the hard way, there's a very good reason that Apple's latest OS X, El Capitan, doesn't let you use an emoji in your login password.
Apple doesn't have the same rule with OS X Yosemite. A user on Stack Exchange's Ask Different forum explained that he had used an emoji in his password on Yosemite — and then wasn't able to log in to his account. He originally posted about it back in August, but it's a PSA worth repeating.
New privilege escalation exploit discovered in OS X Yosemite, also affects just-released 10.10.5
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2015-08-18 00:34
Just days after patching the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE vulnerability with a new OS X point release, Apple's desktop operating system has been hit with yet another zero-day exploit that would allow an attacker to gain root access without using a password.
The exploit was discovered by Italian developer Luca Todesco, who relies on a combination of attacks — including a null pointer dereference in OS X's IOKit — to drop a proof-of-concept payload into a root shell. It affects every version of OS X Yosemite, but seems to have been mitigated in OS X El Capitan, which is nearing release.
Macs vulnerable to same remote firmware exploits as Windows PCs, researchers find
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2015-08-04 06:47
L33tdawg: Corey Kallenberg from Legbacore will be at #HITBGSEC in October to present an updated version of this research
Macs can still be successfully attacked using some of the same firmware vulnerabilities affecting many Windows PCs, a new proof-of-concept worm is said to demonstrate.
0-day bug in fully patched OS X comes under active exploit to hijack Macs
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2015-08-04 06:39
Hackers are exploiting a serious zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of Apple's OS X so they can perform drive-by attacks that install malware without requiring victims to enter system passwords, researchers said.
Apple seeds second OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite beta to developers with minor changes
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2015-07-31 02:42
Apple on Thursday released a second beta build of its upcoming OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite update to developers for testing, including what appears to be only minor tweaks and bug fixes.
The latest beta, build 14F19a, comes a little over two weeks after the first beta version was pushed out to developers and users signed up for Apple's public beta program.
Like the first beta, today's build brings minor tweaks and bug fixes aimed at improving system stability, app compatibility and security.
