eboda - 3:51 am on Apr 1, 2003 (gmt 0)

Great post Brett...

I exploited a security hole for Mac's Microsoft Office X. Funny part, the hole had to be intentionally put there. Microsoft Mac Development (MACBU) tried to blow it off as nothing. I pushed further to exploit the hole through another forum? where I knew a MACBU programmer hung out? I got their attention and a personal call. :) After I sold out to some free goodies? I closed my mouth.

The next major update after the first release? the hole was patched. I believe they were banking on the new users of Mac OS X not knowing much about the unix based OS, and used that to do their snooping around. Who knows? I still keep my eye on them.

Microsoft has a history of legal issues surrounding their security and their ability to nose around. Even if they say they do it to learn how to provide better tech support or product development (bah!)

A history like theirs... who would trust them?

Being known for holes, and many exploits in their NT software that they won't fix (or can't) they will always be open to hackers.