Mac OS Ken: 09.20.2011

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

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🗓️ 20 September 2011

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

“Defence in Depth” Outlines Serious Password Vulnerability in OS X Lion / JP Morgan Analyst: Seriously - Don’t Look for a New Model of iPad Before End of 2011 / JP Morgan Analyst Expects Two New iPhone Models Before End of 2011 / Apple Tops ACSI for Eighth Year in a Row / Apple Thunderbolt Support Document Seems to Hint iMac Update Before End of 2011 / Apple Issues Thunderbolt Display Firmware Update 1.0 / USITC Agrees to Review HTC Patent Loss to Apple / At Least 23 Companies Including Apple Targeted by Apparent Patent Troll Lawsuit / Apple Retail and Online Store Sees Big International Openings This Week / Australia Gets New Apple Retail Location in New South Wales This Saturday / Electronista: Windows Store Exclusivity for Window 8 Metro-Optimized Apps Could Run Afoul of Antitrust Laws / Michael Dell Downplays Post-PC Talk While Predicting Post-PC Offerings from Dell

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is MacO-S-Kinn. A security is a-O-S kin.
0:11.6	A security issue pops up for Lyon, one analyst says no new iPad for the rest of the year
0:17.0	but two new iPhones and nothing satisfies like a Mac.
0:21.6	It's Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.
0:25.0	I'm Kan Ray, and this is news from MacO-S-KAN.
0:29.0	Brought to you
0:33.3	subscribers to
0:34.3	subscribers to Maco-Scan Day 6.
0:36.7	More information is available at Maco-Scan.com.
0:40.7	This show is also supported by the MacoS Can Podcast app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch,
0:48.0	available in the App Store now for $2.99.
0:53.0	Word bubbling up of a serious security vulnerability for Lyon.
0:57.0	Mack Annan boils down a post from the Defense In Depth Security blog that says the vulnerability lets non-root users view password hash
1:06.3	data and hey what the heck go ahead and change it to huh it's not quite as easy as it
1:12.1	sounds you have to know a thing or two about code, which shouldn't make you feel better at all since hackers know a thing or two about code.
1:19.0	Aggravating the situation is that Lyon doesn't require a password to change a current user's
1:24.1	login according to the piece.
1:26.1	Though it also says an attacker needs local access to a Mac as well as directory service
1:31.1	access to implement a successful exploit.
1:34.8	I could pretend I understand it, but I don't.
1:38.3	Though we might be able to get some computer security due to tell us a bit more about it on
1:42.4	tomorrow night's edition of Maco-S-Can live.
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