Study Finds Sharp Rise in Mac OS X Flaws
May 08, 2006 (Computerworld) — Just because you use a Mac, don’t think you’re any more secure than a Wintel user.
A sharp increase in the number of flaws discovered in Mac OS X suggests that the operating system from Apple Computer Inc. may soon be every bit as prone to malicious attacks as Windows, according to a report released last week by the SANS Institute, a Bethesda, Md.-based security training and research firm.
Mac OS X is still safer than Windows because its smaller installed base makes it a less attractive target for hackers. But the number of flaws discovered in OS X is leaving its reputation as a secure alternative to Windows “in tatters,” according to the SANS semiannual update to its list of top Internet vulnerabilities.
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coco said,
May 10, 2006 @ 11:50 pm
I guess Mac is similar to Linux or cell phones systems. Not so much people use them, so hackers do not care. Sth similar happened with Firefox. At the beggining was a totally safe explorer… but nobody was using it. As long people started to install it, hackers discovered bugs in the code. Any OS which is massively used, will become vulnerable. (well, except Windows, which may be vulnerable even with just twenty users
).
More about mac in: http://cocosworld.wordpress.com/2006/05/10/there-is-no-god-but-mac-and-ipod-is-his-messenger-no-hay-mas-dios-que-mac-y-el-ipod-es-su-profeta/