Here's a good one. Microsoft actually one upped Apple. Given MS reactive nature to situations, hard to believe they're ahead of the curve on this. It is so simple a concept, and yet can help defeat buffer overflows. Can't believe Apple missed it.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091409-apple-missed-security-boat-with.html
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ASLR and DEP, I was just reading about those technologies this weekend. It is unusual to have Apple following MS.
ReplyDeleteApple is still stuck in the past in terms of security. They still believe that Macs will be safe in the current generation because they still foolishly think that Apple has a better, more secure OS than Windoze, when in reality, it's only more secure because most hackers don't waste their time on it; more people use XP/Vista/7.
ReplyDeleteThis "security-through-obscurity" may work now, but for how much longer? As Macs become more popular, some black hats may decide to switch to Macs "for the lulz". I wonder if the days of "Macs don't need an Antivirus" are numbered.