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Story: Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
Posted by: Matty C. (Wednesday 23 March 2005, 11:11 PM)
No OS is 100% secure!
Obviously with a Windows O/S running on 90% + of the worlds computers - it's bound to be more attacked (whether it's more secure or not).
Saying Macs are invulnerable is a bit like saying you've less chance to crash in a car made by company B because they only have 2-4% of the market share.
There's a lot more hacking "tools" and knowledge out there to hack the Win O/S - because it's so much more popular.
Linux may seem to be more open to attack by some Mac users, that's also because it has a larger market share than OSX.
*nix O/S's seem to be inherently more secure, but still not invulnerable.
As has been posted earlier - there have been OSX security updates - this is because there have been/are still bugs in the software - despite needing root access to install software, or make system wide changes (this is exactly the same as administrator priveliges on winNT/2K/XP) you don't need root access to exploit an internal software vulnerability - this is what Symantec are talking about.
Fair enough Symantic are probably wanting to hype up the fear factor a bit to sell their products, - it still doesn't mean OSX is invulnerable.
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Story: Outrage at Symantec's OS X claims
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This is inline with ISS reporting a vulnerability... Anonymous -
I just tested my Mac with Symantec's own onli... Wilfred Hildonen -
We have had a very involved and expensive security... Anonymous
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When liars try to cover their asses they write art... Anonymous
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And the Mac whiners come out of the wood work... Peter
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THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!
By my Super Hard Hats at a... pHHHHHHtowindozs
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"People should not be scared, but they should make... Anonymous
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What I really would like to know from Symatec is,... Anonymous
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Since the Mac installed base is significantly... Anonymous
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I think that Symantec is correct. The user base fo... Jay Weiss
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Symatec have also stated that due to the incr... Anonymous
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No OS is 100% secure!
Obviously with a Window... Matty C. -
There has been linkage (in the security industry)... B. Smith
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All these sayings about the fact that MacOSX has n... Anonymous
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The next time somebody who is in the business... David Alan Gregory
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As the Mac becomes more popular it will become a t... Anonymous
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well itīs quite obvious that the threats to the OS... Juan Eduardo De Magalhaes-Calvet
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I use both Windows and Mac OS X, Mac OS X being my... Bob Kerstetter
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These people must serously be retarded. It would t... bob
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