https://gotofail.com/
bit of a security oops
I will let you get back to bashing PC's/Android/Chrome/Linux non apple products
Mac security
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BiggestNizzy
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Mac security
I know there are a lot of apple fan's on here so thought I would post this
https://gotofail.com/
bit of a security oops
I will let you get back to bashing PC's/Android/Chrome/Linux non apple products
https://gotofail.com/
bit of a security oops
I will let you get back to bashing PC's/Android/Chrome/Linux non apple products
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Re: Mac security
Not sure what to make of this Graeme, I normally would not open a link that i was not sure of. i am actually running a Beta version of OS X 10.9.2, purely because Apple has not released it yet as a fix for the battery problems that occurred after the upgrade to Mavericks.
Judging by the Forums, myself and countless thousands of others found that the battery life that we used to have on a 2013 11" MBA dropped from 8 hours to two hours at the worse, three hours at best. The Beta has cured the problem along with a SMS reset, so I have kept it on until they release the upgrade.
On opening the link I got this message, so am not going any further until somebody like Robin checks it out. I read the info on the bug but it may as well have been in Urdu at that level.
YOUR BROWSER IS VULNERABLE, PATCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
We have examined your OS and browser version information and determined that an active vulnerablity test was appropriate. Unfortunately, your browser continued loading our test image after seeing an invalid ServerKeyExchange message. An attacker able to actively intercept your network connections (this is possible on most WiFi networks) can freely snoop on you, for example when you log into your bank account. Please check your browser and operating system for security updates and apply them right away. Other applications on your system such as mail, chat, financial, social networking and backup apps are also at risk - simply switching browsers will not fully protect you.
Robin?
tut
Judging by the Forums, myself and countless thousands of others found that the battery life that we used to have on a 2013 11" MBA dropped from 8 hours to two hours at the worse, three hours at best. The Beta has cured the problem along with a SMS reset, so I have kept it on until they release the upgrade.
On opening the link I got this message, so am not going any further until somebody like Robin checks it out. I read the info on the bug but it may as well have been in Urdu at that level.
YOUR BROWSER IS VULNERABLE, PATCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
We have examined your OS and browser version information and determined that an active vulnerablity test was appropriate. Unfortunately, your browser continued loading our test image after seeing an invalid ServerKeyExchange message. An attacker able to actively intercept your network connections (this is possible on most WiFi networks) can freely snoop on you, for example when you log into your bank account. Please check your browser and operating system for security updates and apply them right away. Other applications on your system such as mail, chat, financial, social networking and backup apps are also at risk - simply switching browsers will not fully protect you.
Robin?
tut
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BiggestNizzy
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Re: Mac security
I think apple have patched iphones and ipdas but don't think they have patched OS X
Bit of a massive blunder by some poor coder to put in an extra goto line in the code. This basically circumnavigated (sp?) the security.
Bit of a massive blunder by some poor coder to put in an extra goto line in the code. This basically circumnavigated (sp?) the security.
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Re: Mac security
OS X 10.9.2 update just released for download.
tut
tut
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highlander
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Re: Mac security
Just got IOS 7.0.6 downloaded for iPad,my hotmail' sheen playing up so maybe this'll sort it out(wishful thinking) 
Re: Mac security
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/23 ... 9_ssl_fix/
The code fragment provided shows :-
1. Apples coding standards are sh1te (better formatted code would make the problem much more obvious to the developer).
2. There is clearly no serious testing being performed (problem would be immediately apparent).
3. Apple clearly don't use any static code analysis as part of their build process (would have detected this immediately).
4. Apples developers and development processes are as crap as most other businesses (i.e. pretty amateur).
Just be thankful that they aren't doing anything important . . .
The code fragment provided shows :-
1. Apples coding standards are sh1te (better formatted code would make the problem much more obvious to the developer).
2. There is clearly no serious testing being performed (problem would be immediately apparent).
3. Apple clearly don't use any static code analysis as part of their build process (would have detected this immediately).
4. Apples developers and development processes are as crap as most other businesses (i.e. pretty amateur).
Just be thankful that they aren't doing anything important . . .
Re: Mac security
Buggers have a $147 billion cash fund though thanks to the prices that they can charge.
tut
tut
Re: Mac security
Just shows you how gullible people are, buy any old sh1te . . .
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highlander
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Re: Mac security
Feckin auto-correct does my nut in.....not really helpful if you have to double check everything you type
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Re: Mac security
Thanks, will install this weekend, and keep using the mobiles until thentut wrote:OS X 10.9.2 update just released for download.
tut
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