Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. Given that it involves a poisonous kiss that wakes a sleeping Mac, Moussouris suggests this one: Prince Harming. But every major computer flaw nowadays deserves a name.

Recently, people discovered that you can crash someone's iPhone simply by sending it a text message. This is the second major flaw in Apple devices discovered in the last week. but the bar of difficulty is pretty high.' He said the flaw is 'certainly surprising. Tod Beardsley, a security research manager at cybersecurity firm Rapid7, stressed that most Mac users aren't likely to get hacked because of this bug. So says Katie Moussouris, an executive at HackerOne, which helps companies fix dangerous computer bugs. The average Mac user doesn't have to worry about this one, because they're actually susceptible to cheaper, easier hacks - that are easier to spot and fix. So, who's in real danger? High-value targets: think company executives, bankers, politicians, the wealthy, journalists, or anyone else worth spying on for a long period of time. It gives hackers more time to plot a massive bank heist or a huge corporate takedown, like the Sony Pictures hack. But what this means is that if a Mac gets hacked with a low-level computer virus, it can bury so deep you'll never find it. An attacker first needs administrative access to a machine. Several cybersecurity experts confirmed to CNNMoney that this is a real problem, and they plan to research further in the next few weeks. Related: iPhone hacked? Here's how to get back into iMessagesĪpple ( AAPL) did not respond to questions about this flaw - nor would it say when it plans to release an update to fix it. He told CNNMoney he alerted Apple directly soon thereafter.

He revealed this vulnerability publicly in a blog post last Friday. That's what was discovered recently by Pedro Vilaça, a curious independent computer security researcher in Portugal. It's a weird quirk that lets someone tamper with the code there. When a Mac goes into sleep mode and wakes back up, it allows direct access to the BIOS. But Macs purchased one year ago or before, apparently, leave a door open.

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