OSX Intrusion Suspected, Advice Sought

[Thomas Hardly]

>From the sounds of it I don't think you are hacked but there's always
a possibility.

Although this list is fairly quiet at times you can try here:

Mac OS and Mac OS X Security
http://www.macsecurity.org/mailman/listinfo/macsec


Cheers,
Thomas Hardly


On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 08:31:17 -0800 (PST), Roger Marquis
<marquis at roble.com> wrote:
> JohnG <mcsjgs at cox.net> wrote:
> > I run OS X 10.3.7 on a PowerMac MDD G4 on a cable broadband connection.
> > I have reason to think my system has been tampered with. Security
> > features in Mac OS X have been left unlocked (Preference Pane - Users)
> 
> OSX is substantially different from FreeBSD (even without netinfo)
> despite having some of the same source code.  I doubt you'll find
> much OSX expertise among freebsd-security subscribers even if it
> wasn't OT.
> 
> Assuming there is no osx-security list or newsgroup your best bet
> would be to contact Apple directly.  However, given Apple's
> difficulties issuing patches and all the insecure, desktop-oriented
> changes made to OSX's older FreeBSD base, it's a losing battle
> (IME).
> 
> --
> Roger Marquis
> Roble Systems Consulting
> http://www.roble.com/
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