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OS X Zero-Day Exploit Threatens Massive Mac Attack
2015-08-04 23:20:38| TechNewsWorld
Mac users, beware -- the ads you see on the Web could let hackers hijack your device. Malwarebytes has discovered a new zero-day exploit in OS X that lets apps bypass passwords during installation to get root permission through a Unix shell. A new adware installer downloaded by a Malwarebytes researcher modified his sudoers file -- a hidden Unix file that controls access to root permissions.
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