According to the “champion” in the recent hacking competition targeting Apple’s operating system, gaining control of a Mac was just a “piece of cake” for hackers.
On February 22, an individual in Sweden set up a Mac Mini as a server and invited hackers to break through the system’s security layer to manage, delete files, folders, or install applications on the machine.
Just six hours later, the competition named “rm-my-mac” came to an end. The winner, known by the alias Gwerdna, stated: “I found a way to control Mac OS X in about 20 to 30 minutes. Initially, I looked around for configuration errors, but then I decided to use one of the previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, which are plentiful in Mac OS X,” Gwerdna quipped.
Apple’s OS X has faced significant criticism over the past few weeks due to the emergence of two new viruses and a series of serious vulnerabilities that have been discovered.
In January, Australian researcher Neil Archibald also claimed that several flaws in this operating system could be exploited by malicious actors. “Mac OS X is still relatively safe due to its market share being very low compared to Microsoft Windows and other popular Unix platforms,” Archibald affirmed.
Apple representatives declined to comment on the matter.
