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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Friday, May 21, 2004Recent Software Flaws Bite Into Apple's SecurityLA Times (free registration required): "Enthusiastic Macintosh owners brag that the digital plagues of worms, viruses and Trojan horses so common to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system rarely visit their sleek machines. It may be, though, that Apple doesn't fall too far from the PC. Three times this month, Apple Computer Inc. has been accused of failing to warn Mac owners of serious flaws in their software. In the most recent instance, users of Apple's OS X operating system could have data deleted or stolen if they follow an e-mail link to websites built by hackers. At the sites, PCs can be compromised by malicious code."I've long opined that Mac OS X (and Linux, for that matter) isn't inherently more secure than Windows, and that the only reason it's not hacked as often is that its small user base simply doesn't make it a viable target for hackers. This month's security vulnerabilities bear out this opinion: Mac OS X, it seems, is just as easy to hack as any other OS. Maybe more so: As this article notes, "The recent discoveries of flaws in Mac software comprise the most serious issues being found at one time in the company's history, said Chris Wysopal, vice president of security consulting firm AtStake." [ Posted at 1:28 PM | Permalink ]
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