The Mac Hacker's Handbook

by Charlie Miller, Dino Dai Zovi

As more and more vulnerabilities are found in the Mac OS X (Leopard) operating system, security researchers are realizing the importance of developing proof-of-concept exploits for those vulnerabilities. This unique tome is the first book to uncover the flaws in the Mac OS X operating system―and how to deal with them. Written by two white hat hackers, this book is aimed at making vital information known so that you can find ways to secure your Mac OS X systems, and examines the sorts of attacks that are prevented by Leopard’s security defenses, what attacks aren’t, and how to best handle those weaknesses.

Genres: Hackers, Computer Science

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 2009

Reviews

[Mic · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have not read this book because it's about stuff I don't care about. But my brother wrote it and he's a smarty pants. Go buy it.

[Joe Thorpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good but bit old

Was a nice introduction, but some chapters are not relevant today. Nine more words required apparently one two three f

[Chris]

Interesting, but not quite in my area.