Today, I fixed my Kali Linux partition so that I can run the Krack attacks. I also read about an honestly ridiculous hack of MacOS High Sierra - apparently it is possible, somehow, to log in as root from the lock screen without a password if the root password has not been set by hitting the "Enter" key several times quickly. I verified this on my own laptop this evening. It's kind of astounding that an issue of that magnitude made it past any sort of screening that was supposedly done before release. This is why we need security professionals who know what they're doing! (As an aside, it's also why security researchers who do know what they are doing WAIT until the manufacturer has been given a chance to come out with a patch before announcing it, which the hacker who first found this bug did not do, just adding to the absurdity of the situation).
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