OS/X and Macintosh Security

Presented at DEF CON 9 (2001), July 13, 2001, 10 a.m. (50 minutes)

Macintosh Security has gone unnoticed by the public for many years, only recently it has become a topic due to the release of Apple's Mac OS X. With BSD functionality there is a whole new realm of security issues to be discussed. This years discussion will include the following, if there are other topics you would like discussed please email rnicholas@usa.net with the topics. Secure Installation of Mac OS X Configuring the firewall functionality SSH on Mac OS X Mac OS X Virus/Protection Mac OS X Security Bugs/Fixes sudo security risk 101 Obtaining Root Denial of Service attacks Mac OS X Hacks & Cracks You will also learn about the latest Macintosh security / hacking tools and see demonstrations of new apps. Plus Q&A at the end, and a guest speaker from the Macintosh Underground group Team2600 have a special announcement!

Presenters:

• Freaky

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-9/defcon-9-speakers.html#Freaky
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 9/DEF CON 9 video/DEF CON 9 - Freaky - OSX and Macintosh Security.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdTvTF0Wf-0

Similar Presentations:

• Black Hat Asia 2014 / You Can't See Me: A Mac OS X Rootkit Uses the Tricks You Haven't Known Yet
• DEF CON 7 (1999) / Introduction to macintosh security
• DEF CON 11 (2003) / Locking Down Mac OS X