Friday, February 24, 2006

Mac OS X is Clearly On The Radar of Malware Developers

Via The SANS ISC Daily Handlers Diary.

Love it or hate it, OS X users need to exercise increased vigilance.

Soon, even your beloved little Mac laptop will be spending its spare CPU cycles sending out advertisements for Viagra and Cialis.

The recent news of these vulnerabilities in the OS is getting plenty of attention. Some would argue that things are being blown out of proportion. I think there is some lazy journalism, and sensationalism afoot. Yet, like any FUD-storm there is usually some kernel of truth. In this case, this kernel is not so small and insignificant.

More important points here.

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