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5/7/12 at 11:55am

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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2012/05/07/os-x-filevault-flaw/1

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According to security researcher David Emery, who discovered the flaw, an attacker with physical access to the target system can boot the system into FireWire disk mode to bypass the log-in screen, mount the system partition, and then read the file containing the plain-text passwords. Armed with these passwords, the attacker can then decrypt the FileVault-protected data.

Passwords in plain text!

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Sounds like quite the Vault! :lol:

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5/7/12 at 12:57pm

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oh no, not another flaw, about time apple gets with the times and admits to its users to install an AV system of some kind.

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Nice "vault" Apple.

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your holding it wrong....

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Reminds me of Sony's brilliance not too long ago.

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Too often do I read the comments of a thread about apple expecting to find something original or insightful.

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Originally Posted by downlinx

oh no, not another flaw, about time apple gets with the times and admits to its users to install an AV system of some kind.

This isn't a malware issue though.... this is an improper implementation of a security model.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by downlinx

oh no, not another flaw, about time apple gets with the times and admits to its users to install an AV system of some kind.

How would an Anti-Virus have changed this security hole?

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I would think major companies would be gunning for top notch security after the Sony debacle..

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