So you are claiming Charlie Miller is the best hacker in the world and that he dwarfs all Windows hackers?
Get real. He’s a very good hacker but not the best. And he’s targeting OS X because Steve Jobs has been lying about their security and it’s footprint is now big enough worthy of a respsonse to protect its users. The NASA angle is stupid. I know many people that have worked for NASA, most are pretty smart, but not extremely smart. In most cases my IQ was higher than theirs (when that subject came up). So I’m not sure what working at NASA has to do with anything.
But you’re right there are a lot more script kiddies exploiting old vulnerabilities in windows than in OS X.
No, I’m not. And thanks for erecting such a fabulous strawman.
I read Miller’s reasons (which he openly disclosed) about why he’s targeting OS X and Safari a couple years ago when he started. It was as I said: He’s looking for the highest probability of getting the payoff - this is a contest, after all, with a tidy cash prize.
WTF are you talking about “NASA?” I said “NSA” - not “NASA.”
If you are at a level where you conflate the NSA with NASA, then you know nothing about computer security.