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Title: OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack Post by: HCK on August 05, 2015, 03:00:19 am OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack
Mac users, beware -- the ads you see on the Web could let hackers hijack your device. Malwarebytes has discovered a new zero-day exploit in OS X that lets apps bypass passwords during installation to get root permission through a Unix shell. A new adware installer downloaded by a Malwarebytes researcher modified his sudoers file -- a hidden Unix file that controls access to root permissions. Source: OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82339.html?rss=1) |