Pray for Apple to release a security fix soon

According to SecureMac there are several (read > 0) trojan horses in the wild that leverage the root escalation problem.

Please Apple provide a security fix to the masses - at least use my ultra simple fix to open at least the root prompt. (Then at least some users will notice that there is something wrong).

Sources:
OSX.Trojan.PokerStealer
AppleScript.THT Trojan Horse

MySpore BreakDown

Nice to know that they are using ColdFusion and EH-Cache.

Let's hope that they will fix their performance problems soon and I can continue to upload my Spore creatures :)

Annoying Root Exploit on Mac OSX via Apple Remote Desktop

Lets remeber for one second, why a Mac is so much better than a PC:

It’s gorgeous. Inside and out.
Since the software on every Mac is created by the same company that makes the Mac itself, you get a completely integrated computer that’s as secure, stable, and powerful as it is elegant and easy to use.
Apple: Why Mac

It's so damn secure - that it ships with a root exploit. (Excuse me, maybe it's just that user friendly, that it won't ask for the root password).

Anyway, here's how to fix it (one line!):

chmod u-s /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAgent


Sources:
Mac OS X Root Escalation Through AppleScript
ARDAgent root privilege escalation
Root-Exploit für Mac OS X

Remember:
Security is like sex. Once you're penetrated you're ****ed.

Update all my git projects automatically

Here's a quick one-liner I use, to update all my git projects I follow:


#!/bin/sh
for d in `ls -1p | grep \/$`; do echo "entering $d" ; cd $d ; git pull ; cd .. ; done


This helps my to easily stay current on several projects and only requires my to start a single shell script :)

Hibernate on Mac

Since my rechargeable battery looses more and more of it's capacity, it's really annoying that the Macs (or at least my MacBook) performs only a standby, when I close the lid. This still drains some (although not much) power from the battery.

Lucky me, I found a small tool that puts your Mac into hibernate mode.
Alternate way