Apple Macs hit by scareware attacks

[Scott R]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

So you can't answer my question, why were Macs attacked regularly before OS X when the market share and use in business environments was considerably smaller than post OS X?

What happened to all those people who were motivated to attack a smaller target?

Cause that's the position you are supporting, Apple are too small to bother with. But somehow when they were smaller they were worth it.

The argument is self defeating.

Answer with fact, not opinion.

Just as many OSx viruses as there ever was, here are the threats forward from 2006:

2006-2011 are about the same...

A - Z list of all Threats and Risks - Symantec Corp.

[RANDY P]

uh oh. Geek fight.

rjp

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Scott R

Just as many OSx viruses as there ever was, here are the threats forward from 2006:

2006-2011 are about the same...

A - Z list of all Threats and Risks - Symantec Corp.

Seriously, you're in the business IIRC and your going to put up that list without even looking at it?

Symantec include proof of concept and lab stuff. Those are not in the wild. I love that Apple Remote Access is listed

You do know the biggest security threat to OS X to date was a back door created by Symantec anti virus? The irony, a product designed to protect an OS ends up being the biggest security hole to date?

Oh yeah, and Symantic published the list, no conflict there.

All facts.

[stomachmonkey]

The Mac OS X Virus Contest, A Year Later
An Open Challenge To The Technology Media

My name is Jack Campbell, until September, CEO of a manufacturing company producing Apple Computer related products.

Just over one-year ago, my company, DVForge, announced a $25,000 prize for the first virus developer who could infect two Powermac G5 computers located in our office, both with plain-Jane installations of OS X, by propagating that new virus over the internet. In the onslaught of correspondence that quickly then began streaming into our office we found enough wisdom to convince us to cancel that contest, due almost completely to potential risks to legal liabilities. But, the flare was shot into the sky, and the challenge received a huge degree of worldwide press attention, in both Apple press and mainstream press outlets. Presumedly, any virus coders who had not previously eyed the Apple platform would have seen some of this press exposure, and would have been enticed by the challenge, regardless of the retraction of the cash prize.

Well, more than a year has passed. And, surprisingly (or not, to some of us), there is still not one self-replicating virus in the wild that attacks the Mac OS X operating system. That's right, folks... not one. Not the first. Ever. Never. Zero.

http://technicallytrue.blogspot.com/2006/05/mac-os-x-virus-contest-year-lateran.html

[JavaBrewer]

Ubuntu...free...no handcuffs...do it.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

Ubuntu...free...no handcuffs...do it.

Love Ubuntu. I have 9 PC's running in my house. 2 Win XP, 3 OS X, 1 OS X server, 1 SUSE server, 2 Ubuntu.

Oh by the way, Ubuntu locks Root by default. As in if you install it you never get Root access, it's all SU, they do that for security, at least with OS X you can enable Root if you really need it.

EDIT: 3 Win XP, forgot one. And a couple Android tabs but they are Linux so.....