dbee
Joined: 29 Dec 2004
Location: korea
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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:24 am Post subject: Mac OS hits SANS top 20 vulnerabilities list .... |
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So it seems that the guys over at apple don't get it right all the time. Although OSX is built on one of the webs most secure open source server platforms (FreeBSD), it seems that apple opened up a whole new can of worms when it grafted on their own code. The SANS institute btw is a non-partial security training institute.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11359
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It's the first time that the SANS Institute called out an entire operating system for its vulnerabilities. While the move has raised questions about the value of such a general warning, highlighting recent vulnerabilities in Mac OS X was intended as a wake up call, said Rohit Dhamankar, security architect for TippingPoint, a subsidiary of networking firm 3Com, and the editor for the SANS Top-20 vulnerability list.
"We are not pointing at the entire Mac OS X and saying you have to worry about the entire operating system," he said. "It is just that the Mac OS X is not entirely free of troubles."
The naming of Apple's Mac OS X to the list is the latest warning from security experts to users that Apple's operating system is not immune to threats. In its last two bi-annual reports, security firm Symantec has warned Apple users that the perceived security strengths of Mac OS X will not withstand determined attackers, especially with mounting vulnerabilities and at least one known rootkit tailored to the system. (Symantec is the owner of SecurityFocus.)
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... it goes on to say that although it was the first time that a whole OS was citied as by SANS, OSX still isn't as bad as windows. Although that's hardly saying much now is it. |
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