Big Mac Attack?
:::Yeoow, that is a bad one.....:::
Why on earth would people want to hack onto mac systems?
Mac hacker attacks... PING!
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I always take statements from companies, which have a financial interest in selling more software, with a grain of salt. Besides Apple has been pretty good and fast at addressing any possible security threats, it was 1 or 2 days ago that Apple released another security update.
Right now I am looking forward to next month's release of Tiger.
"Apple's recent introduction of the Mac mini, a $500 computer sold without a display, keyboard or mouse, could actually increase the likelihood of more malicious software computer code targeting the Mac platform, Symantec said. . . ."The market penetration of Macintosh platforms will be accelerated by the much lower priced Mac mini, which may be purchased by less security-savvy users," the report said. "As a result, the number of vulnerabilities can be expected to increase, as will malicious activity that targets them."
Symantec said that over the past year, it had documented 37 high-vulnerabilities -- weaknesses that leave the system open to malicious software attacks -- in Mac OS X. They "have been confirmed by the vendor, which, in the Apple case, almost always means that the company has released a patch."
This is a mere PREDICTION of future potential problems from a company that makes its money from FUD... and who wants to have Mac users buy its software. It says that 37 security issues have been found in OSX in the past year... all patched by Apple as soon as discovered. There is still not one example of a malicious exploit in the wild.
I expect silence from the Mac users of FreeRepublic on this issue. They will avoid this thread like the plague.
Symantec wishes! They pay somebody to write these viri so they can make billions. They can't do any real harm to Mac systems so they write rumors.
If its connected to the internet its not secure. Bank vaults aren't 100% secure... If someone wants to get in bad enough they always seem to find a way.
"Contrary to popular belief, the Macintosh operating system has not always been a safe haven from malicious code," said the report, which was issued on Monday.
LOL! Let's examine that interesting statement from Symantec's report... "not always been a safe haven from malicious code"... is absolutely true... There were aproximately 100 viruses and worms that Macintosh OS9 and lower were susceptible to. That statement implies that it IS now true: Mac OSX are a safe haven from malicious code.
Symantec (which makes and sells ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE) is trying to scare Mac users by predicting future possible, maybe, could-be problems.
There is no operating system that is completely immune from attack... but I've had Macs for over 10 years, I have an always-on internet connection with no fancy firewall. I've never had a virus of any kind on my computer. I've also never had spyware spontaneously install itself on my computer. Meanwhile, my Windows machine at work is full of crap that I have to constantly clean up. A lot of that is due to market share. It's just more attractive to hackers to attack Windows machines. But it's also true that Mac OS X is more virus-proof than Windows.
3-03-2005iTunes remains vulnerable
A group of hackers managed to reopen a backdoor to Apple´s iTunes only one day after such hole had been blocked by the software company. PyMusique, a project led by Jon Johansen, was developed to allow Linux users to buy music from iTunes infringing Apple´s copyright protection system. Johansen claimed in his own weblog that he succeeded in decoding the iTunes encryption for the second time. Apples´s attempt to solve the problem was effective for only 24 hours.
It is not the first time that Johansen is involved in copyright violation issues. He faced charges in Norway, for creating a code to crack DVDs, but was finally acquitted. After this episode, he became known as DVD Jon.
This is not surprising...
You are not a real OS until you become a target for hackers. Apple may make it afterall ...