[Dailydave] PWN to OWN (was Re: How Apple orchestrated web attack on researchers)

[Nicolas RUFF]

> I've tried a number of times to get details of actual OSX compromises  
> in the wild, without success.  I'd like to know details of a real  
> computer being used by a real person, compromised by a real  
> attacker.  I've been told a number of times (even here) that examples  
> exist.  But I've never gotten real info.

>From my personal experience, Top 2 flaws "in the wild" are:
- Insecure PHP applications
- SSH bruteforce

Given that both exist on Mac OS X ...

(Even unpatched Windows machines are getting low these days, thanks to
Automatic Windows Update).


> I am genuinely interested- while I use a Mac, nothing is  
> invulnerable.  It seems reasonable that such an example must exist.   
> But I have never seen or been pointed to one.

Well, you have at least:
http://www.zone-h.org/index.php?option=com_attacks&Itemid=43&filter=1

6227 defacements involving Mac OS X from January, 1st 1999 to now.

Regards,
- Nicolas RUFF