A security hole has been recently discovered, relayed by all websites of the Mac community. This vulnerability with the ARDAgent program gives access to the root superuser with a simple Applescript command : $ osascript -e ‘tell app “ARDAgent” to do shell script “whoami”‘ root If it does not always work with MacOS X 10.5.3 [...]
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Firmware password : the best complement for VigiMac
Our first advice to improve VigiMac : setting up a firmware password. Defined with administrator privileges, this password is the best low-level protection for your Mac. It avoids : – your hard disk to be formatted, – your Mac to be started up in target disc mode, from another disc, or another partition. You’ll find [...]
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