Hacker: Windows More Secure Than Mac OS X
Hackers just like the PC more.
Regardless of which side you're on (though as a true computing enthusiast, you shouldn't be taking sides), you've heard the arguments back and forth on the which operating system is truly safer – Mac OS X or Windows.
It is of the opinion of Charlie Miller, a well known Mac security guru, that even Snow Leopard, the latest version of Mac OS X, isn't as safe as Windows.
One key point is that Snow Leopard still doesn't have ASLR, or address space layout randomization, which randomly arranges the position of key data making it harder for hackers to target for exploits.
Miller said to TechWorld that Apple didn't change the ASLR from 10.5 to 10.6: "Apple didn't change anything. It's the exact same ASLR as in Leopard, which means it's not very good."
Apple didn’t completely missed the chance to tighten up security in Snow Leopard though, as the new QuickTime solves a lot of the issues that Mac OS X had before.
"Apple rewrote a bunch of QuickTime," said Miller, "which was really smart, since it's been the source of lots of bugs in the past."
One thing that Snow Leopard did adapt, which Windows has had since XP SP2, is DEP (data execution prevention). With DEP, buffer overflow attacks are much harder to execute.
Despite Miller's opinion that Windows is the more secure OS, the large install based of Microsoft-based systems make them a much more attractive target for hackers. Still, Miller would like to see security on all platforms.
"Snow Leopard's more secure than Leopard, but it's not as secure as Vista or Windows 7," he said. "When Apple has both [in place], that's when I'll stop complaining about Apple's security."

But Mac users live in a little false reality bubble with twirling rainbows and lies about being impervious to maleware.
But Mac users live in a little false reality bubble with twirling rainbows and lies about being impervious to maleware.
Amen! lol
I'm always tired of Mac users saying "Oh, but there is less malware for Macs out there!" My response to that is "Hackers just feel sorry for Mac users and decide not to make their lives even more miserable than they already are with using a Mac."
(P.S. I am not one of those people that have never used a Mac and say that I don't like it, I have been using one extensively over the summer and have found out how much time I have saved by using a Windows computer all of my life
Wrong idiot, no such thing as a apple enthusiast. I dont see people buying Imac's and upgrading or overclocking them into gaming machines. As a author you shouldnt be telling us what we should and shouldnt be doing or thinking or feeling. Yes i do take Windows side, its faster, upgradeble, cheaper, and now its safer. So why would you buy an Imac? Only if your pocketbook is bigger than your IQ.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/jails.html
along with OpenBSD PF:
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/
DEP is old news, has been in OpenBSD for a while W^X:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%5EX
As for ASLR, its not that big of an issue. The attacks that ASLR protects on Windows don't effect Mac OS X.
This is like saying the like saying windows cars have bad alarms and cheap door locks, but are difficult to hot-wire once inside. They can steal you identity, but not so easily drive off with the car, while next to it is an apple Abrams tank, fully bulletproof and locked, but they keys are inside if you can get to them, so it's somehow less secure...
Ummmm...take a look at that last sentence again and see if you can find anything in his article that is as poorly written...
score one MORE for Windows