Hilarious Stuff

"It probably took about 20 or 30 minutes to get root on the box. Initially, I tried looking around the box for certain misconfigurations and other obvious things, but then I decided to use some unpublished exploits--of which there are a lot for Mac OS X," Gwerdna told ZDNet Australia. "

http://news.com.com/Winner+mocks+OS+X+hacking+contest/2100-1002_3-6046197.html?tag=nefd.pulse

Obviously Apple has never been very forthcoming with anything...

"...because he exploited a vulnerability that has not yet been made public or patched by Apple Computer. "

"Gwerdna concluded that OS X contains "easy pickings" when it comes to vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to break into Apple's operating system. "

"In January, security researcher Neil Archibald, who has already been credited with finding numerous vulnerabilities in OS X, told ZDNet Australia that he knows of numerous security vulnerabilities in Apple's operating system that could be exploited by attackers.
"The only thing which has kept Mac OS X relatively safe up until now is the fact that the market share is significantly lower than that of Microsoft Windows or the more common Unix platforms...If this situation was to change, in my opinion, things could be a lot worse on Mac OS X than they currently are on other operating systems," Archibald said at the time. "

This is so funny. Mac Heads are probably going to be in denial again. There's probably going to be an explosion and there will be tirades directed at the people who published this.* Oh, the parallels with the Islamic fanatics and .... I won't say more. Needless to this, I am highly amused.**

*There are already 113 comments on the CNet site. The reactions are extremely funny.
**Before any Mac Heads decide to launch salvos at me, well, I was an Apple II user from 1982-1989 and a Mac user from around 1985-1989 and for a while in 1999.