Let’s play “How will macbots spin this issue?”
- Hey this requires the user to click on a link AND have an external drive plugged in AND reboot after the drive is infected. That’s not going to happen in the real world.
- Only idiots click on links that they aren’t 100% sure are safe.
- This is someone trying to get famous and sell their services/software. Nothing to see here move along.
- It’s not self-propagating, therefore, it doesn’t count.
- Did you see the latest android malware that bricks the android phone? All’s it takes is a text message! Wow that is some unsafe OS there (oh and Apple’s text bomb doesn’t count because they eventually fixed it—I think).
- Apple will fix this eventually and they are actually already working on a fix. Since it will be fixed soon and it’s not reported to actually to have been used as an exploit—this doesn’t count.
fqc,
There is a patch out that can be installed now. Apple is also working on a permanent fix.
In a very unsafe world, the Mac system is amazingly robust. It is not perfect.
I’m not sure if there is anything better that you can hope for. I appreciate every time an exploit reveals a vulnerability that can be improved.
My 13 years as a MS slave showed me a very vulnerable side to windows.
I hope they all continue to become hardened and improved.
Choose one you like best and enjoy.