Security 'Holiday Is Over' For Mac Users

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited February 2006 in Science & Tech
The flurry of security issues involving Apple's Mac OS X over the past few days once again hammers home the fact that no technology platform is invulnerable to attacks, whatever the perception might otherwise be, security analysts said.

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"All software has bugs, and a certain percentage of those bugs will be security vulnerabilties," said Ira Winkler, an independent security analyst and author of the book Spies Among Us.
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"In Apple's case, you can credit the media and all those folks who said the [OS X] platform was inherently secure" for drawing attention to it, Lindstrom said. Also playing a big part is the publicity surrounding Apple's recent decision to move to Intel's microprocessors, analysts said.
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"It shows increased activity and viability for future Macintosh-based threats on the Mac OS X platform," Dunham said, pointing out that the last major Macintosh threat was the Autostart worm in 1998. "As a result, many Macintosh users are more likely to be complacent toward computer security and therefore are more likely to be vulnerable to any future threats that emerge against the Macintosh operating system," he said. Continued
Source: NetworkWorld

Comments

  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited February 2006
    You had to know this was coming.... ;D;D;D
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2006
    Omega65 wrote:
    You had to know this was coming.... ;D;D;D
    Yes, sir. See Post #4 :D
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited February 2006
    It just warms my soul to see the scumbags that write this crap sharing their talents to the "Oh so mighty" OSX guys now. :D I'm gonna laugh my ass off when my office gets them a good dose of virii in all their Mac systems in the office, since they think that Apple came down from the gates of Heaven. ;D;D;D
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited February 2006
    muddocktor wrote:
    It just warms my soul to see the scumbags that write this crap sharing their talents to the "Oh so mighty" OSX guys now. :D I'm gonna laugh my ass off when my office gets them a good dose of virii in all their Mac systems in the office, since they think that Apple came down from the gates of Heaven. ;D;D;D


    Ditto,

    I showed this thread to one of my CAD people (total Apple-Zombie), he said it isnt real. Said it's Intel and IBM trying to ruin Apple's "domination" of the industry...... I told him it isn't 1987 anymore, Apple doesn't domonate much anymore, and to stop wearing those parachute pants, 'cause I'm getting ill.... :nudge: He's fun, VERY easy to push his buttons, He gets all red and bug-eyed when we say Apple would have folded without Bill Gates help.... :Pwned:

    BTW - He bet me $100 that his G5 could beat my P4 3.0 800 box is any stats or test...

    .... Hmmm, guess I have a extra $100 toward that new RAM I want...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    Security through obscurity. Blame the iPod.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited February 2006
    Blame Intel? ;D
  • ronboronbo Connecticut
    edited February 2006
    I personaly think the people at Norton did it because they do not sell enough software to the Mac people...
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited February 2006
    ronbo wrote:
    I personaly think the people at Norton did it because they do not sell enough software to the Mac people...

    Your wrong!! its the guys down @ Symantec!!!
  • ronboronbo Connecticut
    edited February 2006
    Norton ,Symantec!!! sameo sameo
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2006
    This is still all non-news. They still can't touch system files and can easily be prevented by simply turning off safe files in safari. These are minor script tricks and are not serious propogating viruses. OSX isn't new, it's not like they suddenly just decided to try and hack it.

    So whatever, rejoice your 150,000:100 Windows:OSX virus/script ratio really proves the instability of OSX. Good job.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited February 2006
    ronbo wrote:
    I personaly think the people at Norton did it because they do not sell enough software to the Mac people...
    Fully agreed.

    Creating virus's on a unix platform is much harder then creating them on a windows one. For this reason alone the 99.99% of script kiddies that are learning vb in there grade 9 programing class that plan to write a virus won't beable to.

    So the bigger companys write a crappy script and use a exploite in safari so that they have a hope of scaring the market into buying there anti-virus software (And it seems to be working.)
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