Star Miller: Apple Misses Boat on Snow Leopard Security
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th Sep 2009 14:56 UTC
Mac OS X While Snow Leopard includes some improvements in the area of security, noted security researcher Charlie Miller, winner of two consecutive "Pwn2own" hacker contests and co-author of The Mac Hacker's Handbook, concludes that Apple missed the boat on security in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. "Snow Leopard's more secure than Leopard, but it's not as secure as Vista or Windows 7," Miller said.
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DrillSgt
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2005-12-02

Your definition of "massive infection" is wonky, Thom. There is malware and spyware ALL OVER Vista machines. That's just as bad, if not worse, than the "massive infections" you're talking about (virus/worm) because they are usually not as easily spotted and they persist and reduce system resources/speed/responsiveness.


There are still holes, granted. Can you list some of the malware/spyware by any chance? Are you referring to things like Weather Bug that people install and OEM's like to install, or is there some in the wild spyware/malware that people do not install on their own? No, this is not a troll, but a serious question.

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