At the show, the researchers demonstrated several payload programs they have developed for Metasploit, including one called "Pic the Vic," which can be used to snap a photograph of a Mac user who has been hacked, using the computer's camera.

They have also ported a Windows tool, called , to the Mac. Meterpreter is a stealth tool that can be used to gain information from and import more software onto a hacked computer.

In the next few days they plan to add exploit code to Metasploit for a handful of previously patched Mac software bugs. Exploit code must be used to first hack into the computer before any payload software can be installed.

Although there are still many more exploits available for Windows software than for Macs, the new payload code means there is now "more or less the same functionality if you want to target a Mac box or a Windows box," Miller said.