The myth of the more secure mac os

[MindBlast]

not entirely on-topic since it is iPhone OS but still.

want to hack a locked down iPhone?


No problem, connect a switched off phone to an ubuntu machine and switch it on.


oops.

bad linux .. bad linux .. oh wait

german computer magazine heise security also managed to do it under windows. and not only could they read the standard "files", but also the database .. with stored textst etc ..



nobody (not even apple themselves) knows yet what the exact problem is (probably a race condition), but um well .. yeah but what exactly is this passphrase being used for when there is nothing really encrypted or anything on the system? it's just like a person asking your for a secret code, but you can chose just to walk past this person, ignore it and take the cookies

Holy shit. That's some bad stuff right there lol.

 

[Yves]

Google seems more worried about Windows than Mac OS security. More than a few Windows licenses will not be renewed or upgraded:

Google ditches Windows on security concerns
Financial Times
By David Gelles and Richard Waters in San Francisco
Published: May 31 2010 23:26 | Last updated: May 31 2010 23:26

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.

“We’re not doing any more Windows. It is a security effort,” said one Google employee.

“Many people have been moved away from [Windows] PCs, mostly towards Mac OS, following the China hacking attacks,” said another.

New hires are now given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system. “Linux is open source and we feel good about it,” said one employee. “Microsoft we don’t feel so good about.”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html

 

[SuperPsyze]

I always wondered what would happen if the Macs got hit with a severe virus. Would people target Apple for false advertising?