Critical security holes found in Mac OS X

Inquirer.com ^ | April 21, 2006 | Inquirer Staff

[DemosCrash]

Critical security holes found in Mac OS X

By INQUIRER staff: Friday 21 April 2006, 16:35

SECUNIA SAID there are potential vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system, first noticed by Tom Ferris. The firm described the holes as "highly critical", meaning that systems could be compromised if crooks dive in.

Secunia said the potential holes are in version 10.4.6, but other versions might be affected too.

[DemosCrash]

Mac fans, contrary to popular belief, you're just as vulnerable as other OSes -- and it's only to get worse since you've moved to commodity hardware.

[HAL9000]

So far - no worms, no viruses, no spyware in the wild for Mac OS X. Res ipsa loquitor.

[BJungNan]

[Echo Talon]

Click here funny... beware dirty language

[Spktyr]

And, unlike Microsoft, Apple actually patches stuff quickly - as opposed to, say, all those security holes in XP that we're going to have to wait for Vista to fix. If then.

[DemosCrash]

And, unlike Microsoft, Apple actually patches stuff quickly - as opposed to, say, all those security holes in XP that we're going to have to wait for Vista to fix. If then.

That's hilarious. You forgot to mention that Apple has a really bad track record for issuing crappy patches. So who the hell cares how *fast* they deliver a lousy update?!?

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[DemosCrash]

Given a choice, I'd prefer not to send my money directly to the Peoople's Republic of California.

[BJungNan]

I finally figured out why no one ever tries to hack into a Mac. It is because so few people own them.