Apple to Present at Black Hat Security Conference for First Time

[aristotle]

The point was that a roadmap is necessary for Corporate and Professional entities to commit to an OS / Tech on any substantial basis.

You gave me the impression that a roadmap is a negative. "Quickly pivoting around the competition" also leads to dropping support for relatively new computers (ie. ML drops support for certain C2D's (my C2D is still just fine on W7 & W8 - even for AAA game titles). Apple is a consumer company, their neglect concerning the mac pro is more than enough evidence.

They drop support for their products at the drop of a hat and in some cases without warning.

*Sigh*
WinFS was on the roadmap since the days of Cairo and yet MSFT did not deliver it with Win NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 or Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Despite all of the dropped features MSFT had promised, corporate buyers still bought MSFT.

 

[DisMyMac]

Yes because this happens will all the big military companies. Ha. Yeah Ok.

Don't know how big contractors work except for the jobs-and-politics nonsense, but I know of smaller companies forced into commie/fascist production. Even the FDA (or CDC?) can seize biotech facilities in a national emergency such as a flu outbreak.

I'm not worried about Apple as much as the spy-boys in media and cyber security (eg. Black Hatters or Anonymous) generating stories like Kony and even social engineering. Their powers are great and potentially threatening.

 

[jcpb]

Won't stop any Apple device from getting "owned" within 24 hours of PWN2OWN.

 

[rhett7660]

Won't stop any Apple device from getting "owned" within 24 hours of PWN2OWN.

You mean 24 seconds...... or was it 25?

 

[gotluck]

*Sigh*
WinFS was on the roadmap since the days of Cairo and yet MSFT did not deliver it with Win NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 or Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Despite all of the dropped features MSFT had promised, corporate buyers still bought MSFT.

Still better than no roadmap at all and eol (well eol as far as osx is concerned) products after 5 years.
*sigh*

 

[satcomer]

That would not happen because for one thing, the military-industrial complex don't **** around.

The minute the military gives Apple a contract, they demand accountability and transparency. Apple cannot afford to act like a coy little girls playing games. They have to run like clockwork and be 100% with the military upfront.

The second they **** with the military, they get dropped.

Um they are already reading your email dude

I have seen rows and rows of Mac Pros in server racks at a site that will never see the light of day (in the people's republic of Maryland no less) etc. Apple is already a DOD supplier and has been for a good number of years by places that read your email.

 

[SurferPup]

The Queen's English

I love this website and read it daily however one complaint is the constant misuse of the word 'an'. "... Apple released iPhone OS 3.0.1 to address an SMS security vulnerability ..." There is never 'an' before a word that starts with a consonant plus it sounds wrong.

 

[aristotle]

Um they are already reading your email dude

I have seen rows and rows of Mac Pros in server racks at a site that will never see the light of day (in the people's republic of Maryland no less) etc. Apple is already a DOD supplier and has been for a good number of years by places that read your email.

Wow, you are brave. I have always been careful to never reveal anything specific that could possibly tie me to a specific employer or sector while trying to warn people about the surveillance culture already in place when some people start asking for NFC and other "cashless" payments. Unfortunately, my warnings have fallen on deaf ears.

I was told a while ago by a colleague that they had a dream that I had come to work covered in soot after having survived a car bomb encounter on my way to work. I did not know what to make of that but I thought that maybe it was a sign that I should watch what I say for a while.

 

[shaunp]

Well done Apple

Firstly this is about IOS, not OS X, but it shows that Apple are starting to take security more seriously. This is also one way Apple can give something back into the community too as they don't do open source.

 

[Bezetos]

Apple is learning alas slowly.

 

[Pilgrim1099]

Um they are already reading your email dude

I have seen rows and rows of Mac Pros in server racks at a site that will never see the light of day (in the people's republic of Maryland no less) etc. Apple is already a DOD supplier and has been for a good number of years by places that read your email.

Of course, I'm aware they're capable of it. Project Echelon, that is. So it's not surprising to me if Apple is one of the many other companies that supply the goods to the government/military sector.

My point is that Apple likes to get 'coy' with the consumer market, but when it comes to working as a contractor for the government, they can't play games. I think there is a difference here.

 

[twoodcc]

i'm interested to learn what apple presents

 

[aaronchow]

I was there. I thought it was an interesting talk because I am not an expert in this field. But my co-workers hated the speech because they said that the presenter re-read a white paper, which was released 2 months ago. So if you've already read that white paper before, you wouldn't learn anything new. And the presenter just sneaked off the stage without any Q&A session, which all of the other presenters offered. So, it seems that most of the insiders found the speech pointless and boring.