How many times have I heard Mac users say that there are no viruses for Macs, that they don’t need to worry about security like their Windows counterparts. As anyone who has taken Security 101 can tell you, that’s just not true. There is no perfect, flawless operating system without any security vulnerabilities. If you still don’t believe that, check out the OS X patch Apple released this week. It contains several security-related fixes, including updates to the kernel, third party software, and Apple proprietary software. Basically, that’s all aspects of the operating system.
Several of the bugs allow for local user privilege escalation to root, as well as remote denial of service. Those are pretty serious issues, just like the ones all other operating systems have to deal with. I would love for the Mac platform to remain trouble-free for users, but they still need to realize that security is something to think about.
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Sure security is an issue. Sure we need to think about it. That\’s one of the many reasons I chose a Mac—it has a smaller tighter kernel, it has less malicious exploit pressure, none of the vulnerabilities has ever been exploited successfully.
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