Re: zijn "betalende" virusscanners dan zoveel beter?
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Mac OS X doesn't stand out as particularly more secure than the competition, according to Secunia. Of the 36 advisories issued in 2003-2004, 61 percent could be exploited across the Internet and 32 percent enabled attackers to take over the system. The proportion of critical bugs was also comparable with other software: 33 percent of the OS X vulnerabilities were "highly" or "extremely" critical by Secunia's reckoning, compared with 30 percent for XP Professional and 27 percent for SLES 8 and just 12 percent for Advanced Server 3. OS X had the highest proportion of "extremely critical" bugs at 19 percent.
bron: http://news.techworld.com/security/1...-myth-exposed/
bron: http://news.techworld.com/security/1...-myth-exposed/
Security by obscurity, however, is not proof of a secure operating environment. It might not even be a comforting thought because it can lead to a general lackadaisical attitude toward security and widespread infection should a rapidly propagating virus or other malware be developed. The truth is that although there have been few instances of malware or widespread attacks targeting Mac OS X, the platform is not perfectly secure. In fact, it does have a variety of vulnerabilities.
bron: http://blog.parametersecurity.com/20...irus-free-mac/
bron: http://blog.parametersecurity.com/20...irus-free-mac/
If we look at the past year, 2009, we can see that malware writers are increasingly targeting the Mac. In January, shortly after Apple announced a new version of their iWork suite of productivity software, malware writers took advantage of it. Mac users who downloaded the software (a whopping 450MB) via BitTorrent were also treated to the iServices Trojan horse, hidden inside the iWork installer.
bron: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.34329
bron: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.34329
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