Very interesting. Has Mac finally gotten enough of a userbase to make it worth attacking? If so, I can see a ton of Apple zealots eating a lot of crow. Well technically they should already be eating it.
Bottomline: All software is vulnerable and security by obscurity isn't security at all.
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Macbots in 3...2...1...
It's the target, not the OS, that decides the “popularity” of the victims.
With Apple holding a relatively small base of users vs. Microsoft and those users with few exceptions mainly using it for personal, or in the area of business, creative use, they were a small target economically or otherwise.
I’m sure that this is a dumb question, but how does one know he has been hacked.
All my Macs seem to be working as usual.
This will be fun to see Swordmaker and the other Macbots or FR spins this one.
As a student of info security issues (and a certification at the moment), I understand that hackers will target what feeds their need. That need might be money, fame (infamy), or any other impetus. Because that is the case, as the number of systems of a certain operating system/application increases, the risk increases.
There is NO such thing as a completely secure system unless it is powered off, smashed to pieces, and buried in the backyard.
What? WHAT? Say it aint so, Steve, you little Liberal Prick.
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Lifetime Mac user. No virus software ever. The only problem I ever had was a MS Word macro virus. Get back to me when something actually makes it out into the wild on Apple computers and causes the same kind of problems that have been endemic on MS products from day one. I don’t care about any underlying reason.
One usually has to go to MSDNC to see this kind of quality reporting. Long on opinion, short on facts. Fact - many systems were beaten. Which took the longest - can’t really tell. Which leave users most vulnerable - again, can’t really tell. If nothing else, I hope the authors ax is now sharp...
1. Apple fanbois (in article itself)
2. Apple zealots (in post #1)
3. Macbots (#3)
4. Swordmaker and the other Macbots (Specifc mention of fellow freeper at post #12)
So. We have 46 posts. 4 insults to people who use Apple computers. One aimed specifically at a fellow freeper. Zero similar insults aimed at MS-Windows users.