Experts agree that Mac OS X has plenty vulnerabilities, it isn’t more secure than other operating systems, yet nobody writes malware for the platform.
The Mac OS X system is not inherently more secure than other operating systems, according to the researcher. The Unix/BSD code on which OS X is based is fairly well known, and van Oers noted that there are more than 700 pieces of malware targeting various Unix and Linux platforms. Vulnerabilities in OS X are also plentiful. Apple’s most recent update patched more than 30 security flaws.
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This post was written by Nicki on March 22, 2007
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