Wednesday, December 19th 2007
OS X Suffered Over Five Times More Vulnerabilities than Windows in 2007
A few years ago, one of the biggest weapons in a Mac user's arsenal for any Windows vs OS X debate was that Apple's operating system was more secure than Microsoft's. However, the statistics compiled by ZDNet (which are shown in the table below) tell a very different story for this year. Combined, Windows XP and Vista saw a total of 44 flaws, whilst Max OS X experienced 243 - over five times more. Overall, Macs had 234 highly critical vulnerabilities compared to just 23 for Windows, although admittedly Mac OS X had no extremely critical flaws, whilst Windows had four. This would seem to suggest that the tables have turned a little, which could well be linked to the fact that Macs have become more popular over the last couple of years and as a result there is a greater incentive to hack them.
Source:
ZDNet.com
37 Comments on OS X Suffered Over Five Times More Vulnerabilities than Windows in 2007
And what about their *nix backend? I would of thought that would help with security.
I have respect for Apple, but I still think they should be doing a lot better considering all the advantages they have.
Mac is also used by these people. Scroll to the bottom to navigate to this page.
But my question is, how many of these were exploited?
I used to honestly love our Mac at school, but with all the propoganda crap MAC has out I will never own one, or anything from apple again, minus the quicktime player. And that only plays the movies that WMP, and Nero 7 can't.
I'll admit - their Mac vs PC commercials are pretty funny, especially when you know the ins and outs of the hardware and all - all the "behind the scenes" stuff. But it also gives the impression that their rigs are targeted at those who don't know (or don't care) how to work with internal hardware, or delve deep into their software. They come across as a plug'n'go system.
Right now, ipod, OSX and the rest of Apple's lineup is a fad . . . and fads pass like kidney stones.
That means that Apple will have to "re-invent the wheel" for their next product if they want it to keep people attention.