Okay guys, the Rixstep POC was updated with new instructions. He also now has a tidbit about MasterPasswordHint, which I stumbled on while going through the plist on my own machin…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 Just like Paranoid Android. Exactly. This kind of hand-holding for people who are vulnerable to social engineering is not neede…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 Okay guys, the Rixstep POC was updated with new instructions. He also now has a tidbit about MasterPasswordHint, which I stumbled on…

Okay, here's why the POC will not work through the Finder. If you duplicate com.apple.loginwindow.plist through the Finder, you get a binary plist file (indicated by bplist00). A…

Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared. Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, though, does create the rooted.txt, even if t…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 It seems that if you're running 10.4.0 or 10.4.1, you're 'safe' (notwithstanding the widget exploit). To which widget exploit are…

Quote: Originally Posted by CharlesS Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared. Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, thoug…

Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of those things? Apple can only lock things …

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of th…

Quote: Originally Posted by alphasubzero949 This is how I made it work on my system, although I used Xfile instead of the Finder. The key is that the substituted plist be in XM…

Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1?

Quote: Originally Posted by Hal Itosis Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1? It's the same update as before, it just fixes a few bugs in the original upd…

Quote: Originally Posted by Hal Itosis Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1? I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break?

Quote: Originally Posted by rickey939 I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break? Presumably corrects bugs in update 2006-002. It fixes nothing new. Othe…

Maybe it just kills FrontRow anew...

I can't get this game to work. Any ideas? In the forums it said to use the stand alone Flash Player 7 but I can't find it.

Go here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...downloads.html And scroll down until you see: Macromedia Flash Player 7 - Standalone Players (Projectors) for Macintosh Download th…

Hmm, Dofus plays great in Safari for me.

I couldn't get it to play in Safari, IE, Firefox or Camino. It would never completely load.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...downloads.html

Quote: Originally Posted by Rumor I can't get this game to work. Any ideas? In the forums it said to use the stand alone Flash Player 7 but I can't find it. The following…

I've been reading around on how to make use of the FPT capabilities built into OSX. I'm kind of clueless, on this area. I would like to be able to remotely log into my mac at hom…

I use Interarchy to pick up stuff from my desktop system that I "forgot" to take with me to work on my MacBook Pro. A single-user licence is only $39 and it's really easy to use, a…

I'm trying to do the same thing, does it matter if the computer goes to sleep?

Do you need a static IP for this? I tried to set up my airport with a static IP (I read instruction on portforward.com) but, Comcast won't give me the IP for the DNS server (I thi…