<![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://gizmodo.com Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:10:24 EDT Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:10:24 EDT http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4951444 No surprises here. Linux is secure through openness. Windows is secure through repair. Mac is secure through obscurity. Guess which is the least effective model.

Xenocide

]]> 4:373109:c4951444 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:10:24 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4922797 @gamecrazychris: Just the opposite; Open source = thousands of eyes on that code. Vulnerabilities get patched *before* they get hacked.

HeartBurnKid

]]> 4:373109:c4922797 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:07:22 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4921432 I wasen't surprised by 50% of people thought vista whould go down first becuase gizmodo is defintly a mac onyl website and anything microsoft does gets laughed at instantly. I just think it's funny that in a fair and balanced race of 1 on 1 on 1 that the macbook air was hacked in under 2 min. I voted mac becuase i know the reality of why microsoft has a 90%+ market share. If you want to admit it or not microsoft is more secure by far and this is just 1 example. If the people who made viruses wrote it them also for macs then you guys whould shut your mouths. But the fact is they don't wright viruses for macs becuase the market share is so tiny a few lines of code arent even worth the effort. Why spend 2 grand on a mac to have it outdated when i can spend 500$ on a pc and when i want the latest and greatest i don't feal like a douchbag spending another 2 grand for the latest thing. And yes i expect alot of lame mac fans to reply to this :)

WIndowsbetterthenmac

]]> 4:373109:c4921432 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:19:15 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4921420 A summary of what's been going on at CanSecWest:


+ Watch video



zer0zen

]]> 4:373109:c4921420 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:18:56 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4918695 ooh... yikes. Makes sense that Safari would be the weak link. It's by far the buggiest application I use on my Mac. (except for iTunes sometimes...) I still use it, instead of FireFox, just because it integrates so nicely with the operating system (stuff like automatically opening "safe" downloads, etc) but maybe that's what makes it vulnerable. Would the hack have worked if the Mac had Firefox as its default browser?
Maybe I'll switch to FF3, I've been meaning to try out the beta.

I wonder if Apple hires hackers to find holes in their software, the way other companies do. You would think they would... but then how could this happen so quick?

And the news about Safari supporting HTML5... I looked at the current specs for HTML5 last night, there's a lot of cool stuff, but a lot of potentially very unsecure stuff too.

kzooguy

]]> 4:373109:c4918695 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:42:57 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4915216 lol mac got owned...

errr... i have a macbook :\

sexyj

]]> 4:373109:c4915216 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:38:52 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4915024 Sorry for the 3 comments in a row, but no edit and keep thinking new things ...

If i had to place a bet, it's be that he did it with an image with some "payload" in it that got interpreted by Safari, similar to the old jalibreakme (?) site for the iphone.

Tensor

]]> 4:373109:c4915024 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30:42 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4914958 @nutbastard: As this was the second day, it gave this basic level of user interaction, users downloaded email and opened websites, but did not download anything, nor clicked "yes" on any prompts. Just downloaded and read email, and visited a website with no obvious threats to it. Just like a real security-conscious user would.

So the exploit is really cool actually, just visiting a website made your macbook pwned. I wonder if this was run behind a corporate firewall too ? i think it would probably work as nothing was downloaded to the mac.

And to those thinking he hacked the MacBook air for "value" you are waaaay off. He hacked the one he knew better in the fastest way he knew how, the bragging rights of this are worth 10 MacBook Air put together.

Tensor

]]> 4:373109:c4914958 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:27:57 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4914742 @nutbastard: Its not that you are off ... you are thinking about "most people" ... in IT security physical security comes 1st and its a given. The rule of thumb is no physical security, no security period. If you think about it its quite obvious, and why NOCs are such a PITA to get into.

The speed of the hack makes it almost plain that he knew about the existence of this bug before hand. a derivative of the original iPhone safari exploit ?

Contrary to popular belief, M$ did its homework securing Vista, there obviously are still some exploits for it but most require some interaction by an unaware user, like downloading a malicious DRMd WMV ...

Tensor

]]> 4:373109:c4914742 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:19:39 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4914200 @keyser: I don't understand the logic. This would suggest that Macs just have the same old security issues. Paying more attention to security does not equal two minute hacking time.

allthosemoments

]]> 4:373109:c4914200 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:57:58 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4914131 Considering how large the prize money is it is ridiculous to say he hacked the MacBook Air because it was the trendiest computer. If he thought either of the other two computers could be hacked more quickly he would not have risked $10,000 for the sake of a $2,000 MacBook Air. The MBA is nice, but not /that/ nice.

allthosemoments

]]> 4:373109:c4914131 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:54:44 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4913764 Charlie Miller was sent here from the Gods...

if the Vista machine was the victim I would see all kinds of flames but since the Mac was hacked the excuse is that he wanted to keep the laptop with the shitty OS, but pretty case.

He hacked it because it was easier, reason for being is not many people know about these exploits because it makes no sense on developing a virus/hack to affect all 200 Mac users in the US.

WD40

]]> 4:373109:c4913764 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:39:01 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4913671 why would he choose the "most valuable" laptop? they all probably fall in the $1,000 - $2,000 range, with the grand prize for day 2 being $10,000. logic dictates to attack the most vulnerable machine to get to the prize money.

Angus

]]> 4:373109:c4913671 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:34:38 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4912598 hasnt this already been proven? that because the mac os is attacked less frequently they are easier to "open"?

didnt that "bug" from a couple years ago highlight that stark reality?

since then, apple has been paying a lot more attention to security though - good for them.

keyser

]]> 4:373109:c4912598 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:33:04 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4912522 No surprises here. Macs are notoriously on the easy side to hack. Mostly due to the fact that no one usually bothers so the Mac makers usually don't bother with anything but the most rudimentary protections. What really surprises me is that no one tried to network hack the Mac honestly.

Amuro

]]> 4:373109:c4912522 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:33:15 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4912457 wonder what did the guy do with his half a mac book air ............

hanren

]]> 4:373109:c4912457 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:02:47 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4912409 Hear that? ...that's Steve crying. So far, 2008 has been pretty rough on him.

...if the kid really wanted a certain laptop, he could have bought it with the cash prize that he won. He hacked the least secure machine.

PynkFloydd

]]> 4:373109:c4912409 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:44:01 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4912400 For the people saying he hacked the MBA because it was the most appealing to take home - remember that there's also the cash prize. So logic would dictate that instead of going for the machine you most want, you should go for the one that you can hack quicker and before anyone else. You can more than afford any of the 3 laptops (or all 3 if you wanted) with the money.

eidetic3d

]]> 4:373109:c4912400 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:35:54 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4912243 @newSeasons: Good evening sir. For today's three course menu, we will be starting with your foot...

ripfire4

]]> 4:373109:c4912243 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:00:10 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4911872 Vista already got hacked... The ones trying to hack osx can keep trying. Sorry windows!

newSeasons

]]> 4:373109:c4911872 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:06:24 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4911796 MacOS X is insecure and CanSecWest proved it.

Macworld 2009:
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[www.baboo.com.br]



Baboo2008

]]> 4:373109:c4911796 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:51:34 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4911747 Why wouldn't the Linux system be the easiest to hack, linux it open-source so it should be the easiest, right?

gamecrazychris

]]> 4:373109:c4911747 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:42:23 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4911554 Na, the hack probably works with every browser. He just hacked the OSX machine because he wanted that one.

dallasmay2

]]> 4:373109:c4911554 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:03:12 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910940 @MINI Driver: He probably had to take a piss so he hacked OSX because its the easiest.

The other two actually require time.

diabolusunknown

]]> 4:373109:c4910940 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:08:48 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910906 Safari: the reason why it's so insecure is cuz it's fugly.

lianna_g

]]> 4:373109:c4910906 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:02:55 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910810 @TallDudeFromBrazil:

Or did he just pick the MBA first because he wanted to win it?

MINI Driver

]]> 4:373109:c4910810 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:51:31 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910785 Wow MacOSX is better than windows even on that..

TallDudeFromBrazil

]]> 4:373109:c4910785 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:49:12 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910764 I picked the winner it seems. My reasoning was that A) With fewer targeted attacks normally Mac would likely have fewer well-tested safeguards and B) Macbook Air would probably be worth the most to take home.

Remember -- fewer exploits doesn't mean more secure it just means it's faced lesser challenges.

Sven.T.Sexgore

]]> 4:373109:c4910764 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:45:17 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910685 It would be nice to see this in action on video.

KJA

]]> 4:373109:c4910685 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:35:26 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910565 @archercc: "and since no real business runs it and nobody with any money runs them no reason to waste your time"

I come for the stories - and stay for the entertaining, enlightened banter.

bitfactory

]]> 4:373109:c4910565 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:18:44 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910533 @archercc: Actually my experience has been that most people with Macs have more money than they know what to do with, or at least there parents do.

So this makes it two years in a row that a Mac has "won" the title of most easily hacked.

something_unique_and_descriptive

]]> 4:373109:c4910533 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:13:48 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910399 @Spyrojoe: Last time I checked one single hack put on by one guy could easily be replicated by thousands.

Security by obscurity. As long as you dont have a reason to hack a Mac you wont (and since no real business runs it and nobody with any money runs them no reason to waste your time).

archercc

]]> 4:373109:c4910399 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:58:04 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910359 @Aleung: No, it's called cracking when breaking encryption. This is hacking...

Polybius

]]> 4:373109:c4910359 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:54:02 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910285 @Aleung: Cracker please!

russdogg

]]> 4:373109:c4910285 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:45:02 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910281 @Tomahawk214: I'm not going to take sides here, as I'm a user of all three OS's, but I will say that ONE guy hacking ONE system is not a testament to that systems security.

Spyrojoe

]]> 4:373109:c4910281 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:44:48 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910216 "A grand prize of $20,000 and the hacked laptop will go to the first contestant to pull it off."

Just Thinking...

Would you want to hack any other laptop than the Macbook Air ?

voskull

]]> 4:373109:c4910216 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:36:35 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4910080 So much for that reliable operating system. I think Steve's RDF is wearing away.

Tomahawk214

]]> 4:373109:c4910080 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:19:27 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909935 Hacked using Safari, eh? You mean the same Safari that Apple is trying to force onto everyone's computer?

RomeoDude

]]> 4:373109:c4909935 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:03:08 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909821 @fuzzycuffs: Heh, I was going to bet on OS/X (I can't get to the website -- timing out. Some of you guys lay off, so I can get a chance!): MS has been forced (and shamed) into making their OSes progresssively more secure; Ubuntu is made more secure through the philosophy of "many eyes"; and OS/X is protected through arrogance and the Reality Distortion Field... Doesn't take a genius to figure out which is weakest. Safari (3.1?) was immediately found to have severe insecurities (on all platforms) upon it's recent release. Yeah, I really want Apple Update trying to force it on me....

Mandatory_Field

]]> 4:373109:c4909821 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:48:21 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909696 The Mac was already hacked. It was because of Safari, which is pre-loaded by default.

Truthfully, I would have guessed that anyways. You'd be surprised how much security researches have hammered on OS X, and what they've found.

fuzzycuffs

]]> 4:373109:c4909696 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:35:09 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909675 @TehBoj:
Don't count yer chickens before they're hatched - he was the first one to try to hack any of them, and since it's a website based hack it probably works on all three platforms.

nutbastard

]]> 4:373109:c4909675 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:33:13 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909667 "Nobody was able to hack into the systems on the first day of the contest when contestants were only allowed to attack the computers over the network, but on Thursday, the rules were relaxed so that attackers could direct contest organizers using the computers to do things like visit Web sites or open e-mail messages."

Lame, it requires the user to do something specific...

nutbastard

]]> 4:373109:c4909667 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:32:10 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909629 haha macs are terrible

TehBoj

]]> 4:373109:c4909629 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:28:32 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909624 @FredicvsMaximvs:
yeah you guys are lucky - nothing to lose!

nutbastard

]]> 4:373109:c4909624 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:28:04 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909606 Is this a rhetorical question?

xint

]]> 4:373109:c4909606 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:26:20 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909605 For what ever reason, the poll did not render on my screen.
Disregard my previous post.

DeadWriter

]]> 4:373109:c4909605 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:26:15 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909595 This deserves a poll.
My bets
first Linx
second Vista
third OS X

DeadWriter

]]> 4:373109:c4909595 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:25:13 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909551 mac lost in 2 minutes. yikes!

Kastef

]]> 4:373109:c4909551 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:21:42 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909527 @nutbastard: Heh. Better be careful - you might get de-starred! :D

FredicvsMaximvs

]]> 4:373109:c4909527 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:26 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909514 I actually am impressed that (if I read this correctly) that all three operating systems made it through the first day without an issue. I am hoping that none of them get hacked, and maybe we can finally put this whole 'my operating system is more secure than yours' crap to bed once and for all.

Can't we all just get along?

Come on, guys. Group hug.

Monty

]]> 4:373109:c4909514 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:18:20 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909502 Normally you would have to go with the windows OS, but this time I have no idea. Vista is actually very secure. Unfortunately you have some programs that arent compatible because of that, but losing a few programs for more stability and security sounds good to me.

NutManIV

]]> 4:373109:c4909502 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:17:10 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909485 "OSX and Linux because they're open platforms that are"

OSX isn't REALLY open, when it comes down to it, and a lot of the reasons why Linux is secure is because it IS open.

nutbastard

]]> 4:373109:c4909485 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:15:05 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909476 (Just RTFA and: "No physical access to the machines.")

boy am I OFF today!

nutbastard

]]> 4:373109:c4909476 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:13:47 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909470 @Anticitizen:
It's not a matter of Vista's vulnerabilities being obvious. The thing is that so many people have Windows and so many of those people hate Microsoft that cracks and countermeasures have been continually developed over the years to bring MS down. No one cares about OSX and Linux because they're open platforms that are (by nature) loved by its users. However, there's an important point to consider. If a hacker did want to bring down OSX or Linux, it wouldn't take very much work because they're so loved and so few people are out to get them. It's already been proven that OSX is far less secure than Windows, and Apple likes to taunt Microsoft with its lack of viruses, but the thing is that no one cares about hacking them yet. Make them as powerful and hated as Microsoft and you'll soon see all sorts of problems with OSX followed by countless security patches to download for those vulnerabilities.

I'm not a Microsoft or Apple fanboy, btw. I just don't think anyone got it right yet. There's much room for improvement for all 3 of these OSes.


chuchi78

]]> 4:373109:c4909470 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:13:12 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909462 Linux is the first because it is a hack from day one. Vista is second just because it has so many unknown bugs. OSX is the last because it does not have as large user base, so less attractive to "hacker." BTW, "hacker" in this context should be called "cracker."

Aleung

]]> 4:373109:c4909462 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:12:44 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909454 Pop an Ubuntu LIVE CD into the Vista machine and you can access the NTFS partition no problem, however this assumes the BIOS isn't locked down, which most peoples aren't... but these probably are. (It's still a good way to win a bet with a friend)

nutbastard

]]> 4:373109:c4909454 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:12:02 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909395 hahaha mac book air hacked in 2 minutes flat!...hhmmmm i wonder what the apple fanboys have to say bout that. ofcourse there's a logical explanation for it...im sure.

kabron

]]> 4:373109:c4909395 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:06:55 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909350 Going to place my bet for Vista on the table.

That is not to say that OS X and Ubuntu are flawless in this regard, but the exploits for those systems aren't as obvious and as easy (I'd think) to take advantage of.

Anticitizen

]]> 4:373109:c4909350 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:03:09 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909348 The MacBookAir already hacked...
M


BigDaddyM

]]> 4:373109:c4909348 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:03:02 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909333 I want to say that the one that gets hacked often is the one that is least to be hacked right away.

ripfire4

]]> 4:373109:c4909333 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:01:38 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909323 People forget that Windows is "insecure" because of market share as well as OS vulnerabilities. All of a sudden you put these three OSes on level terms (1/3 share each), and you have a real race.

I would actually bet against Vista SP1; plenty of built in protection out of the box.

getz76

]]> 4:373109:c4909323 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:00:44 EDT <![CDATA[Who Will Get Hacked First: Vista, OSX or Linux? Place Your Bets Here]]> http://gizmodo.com/373109/who-will-get-hacked-first-vista-osx-or-linux-place-your-bets-here#c4909286 I think it will be a close race whichever way it goes.

dwight-schrute

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