Man in the middle attacks circumventing authenticators

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3-01-2010 @ 4:14AM

Neirin said...

Honestly, with computer security where it's at, phishing schemes are almost universally simpler than actually trying to break into a machine.

Macs do have a few security advantages over windows, but all it takes is a bit of stupidity or a flash exploit (thanks again Adobe) and the party's over.

Macs actually make up a significant portion of the personal computer market, particularly among younger people (~45% of the connections to my University's wireless network come from Macs, and ~40% come from PCs). They don't play too much a role in the business world, though, so they aren't as profitable to design hacking techniques for.

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