Apple Security is 10 Years Behind Microsoft, Says Kaspersky
Speaking at the Info Security 2012 conference, Kaspersky noted that Apple is "10 years behind Microsoft" as far as software security is concerned. This may come as a surprise to those who watched Apple's 2006 ad that claimed that there were 114,000 known viruses for Windows in 2005, "but not for Macs". It has always been one of Apple's most prominent claims of advantages over Windows that Microsoft-based PCs are just more vulnerable than Macs.
Of course, Apple may have to eat its words as the Apple platform gains popularity and turns into a much more attractive target for hackers. Kaspersky noted that his company is lately seeing an increase in malware: “Cyber criminals have now recognised that Mac is an interesting area,” Kaspersky was quoted in an article published by Forbes. “Now we have more, it’s not just Flashback or Flashfake. Welcome to Microsoft’s world, Mac. It’s full of malware.”
Apple has frequently been cricticized for its inconsistent and rather rare and secretive patch cycle, but Kaspersky believes that the company may be facing the same problems "Microsoft had ten or 12 years ago." He stated that Apple may will "have to make changes in terms of the cycle of updates and so on and will be forced to invest more into their security audits for the software.”
And people used to tell me how good Apple's security was.
Time to gloat at all the Apple fanboys/girls
Why go for the crumbs, when going for the whole pie is so much more......appealing....
Macs were never really secure, but they were safe for a time. Now they're neither. Pity.
And people used to tell me how good Apple's security was.
Time to gloat at all the Apple fanboys/girls
Why go for the crumbs, when going for the whole pie is so much more......appealing....
Macs were never really secure, but they were safe for a time. Now they're neither. Pity.
Not exactly, MS was the only reason why Apple weren't really targeted.
Step 2: Create a nice password. This will be an administrative account
Step 3: Turn UAC up to the maximum
Step 4: Change YOUR user account to a standard account.
Step 5: Use your account day to day and when you need to change something you'll be prompted for the Security password.
Other:
Step 1: Open IE9, click the cog and basically change your Privacy to medium high and change the Pop-up blocker from medium to high. No wonder people get pop-ups!
Step 2: Disable ALL add-ins other than flash. ie9 will be faster.
Step 3: Add this to your hosts file to protect your browsing, be it Opera, Firefox, ie9 etc.
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
Security on Windows is EASY but you'll ALWAYS, always, alllwaysss get that user who'll click on the pop-up from that 'pron' web page.
Nope.
To Apple fanboys: Your system was secure because simply put: hackers weren't interested in your system.
Only time will tell how secure or unsecure OS X is.
Hackers have ethics and self-respect. They won't target a system that is easy to hack. They will target a system that is supposed to be unhackable and then gain respect from the hacking community by successfully hacking it. Now finally the Mac OS has become worthy of hacking.
Nope.To Apple fanboys: Your system was safe because simply put: hackers weren't interested in your system.
Fixed it - Macs have _never_ been secure, always hacked first in black hat events and the like, only the small 6% worldwide market-share have made it safer since no one bothered compared to Windows that have 90% of the computer market. Windows still manages to keep it secure enough that most of corporate world have it as the OS of choice, that is telling!
While this is most likely true the idea of being on the internet on a computer w/out anti-virus/malware just seems so ignorant that its almost sad. Even for Apple users (and I'm one of them) that are too cheap to use a paid-for product there are decent free ones. ...Windows may indeed be more secure...Microsoft has been doing battle on this front for a long time. If Apple hasn't been as well they need to get with the program. ...and my fellow Mac users that don't think they need anti-virus/anti-malware need to remove their craniums from their rectal cavities...its 2012.
...and that would be a good thing. Wouldn't it be interesting if they actually began to offer the most secure OS? ...as they've purported to do for so long?
If I didn't like Apple products as much as I do that picture would already be my avatar.
Massive advertisement campaign to coverup the break-in reports.
Speak for yourself. I have been using computers for years with no anti-virus or anti-malware installed. Some of us are smart enough to know how to use traditional system monitoring tools without installing such bloatware that works half-the-time.