Hackers Can Change Mac OS X Lion Passwords
Submitted by Securitybay on September 20, 2011 - 08:57
According to cnet.co.uk a serious security flaw has been discovered in Mac OS X Lion, that could lead to password change by a hacker.
On Mac OS X Lion passwords are stored in a shadowed file similar to those in Linux, and it can only be read or changed by the administrator. But the recently uncovered flaw in Lion allows any user to read the shadowed password file and change the passwords.
More on this topic on cnet.co.uk.
