Symantec has released its latest
software security report and has some words of caution for two groups that may have felt they were relatively safe from spyware, viruses and other malware. According to the Internet Security Threat Report, Firefox and Mac OSX represent fertile ground for malware writers, and users of the browser and OS need to be aware of the threat. "Cross-site scripting attacks have been used to attack more vulnerabilities in Mozilla browsers over the last six months than IE," Symantec's Graham Pinkney said. Meanwhile, the report charged Mac users with living in a "false paradise" and pointed to the newfound popularity of the OSX/Weapox rootkit, which is able to take over certain Unix functions in some versions of OSX.
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Subscribe to commentsStevenSep 20th 2005 3:34PM
"false paradise"?
Nah, more like paradise without Symantec selling their FUD.
RichardSep 20th 2005 3:35PM
Symantec have been known in the past to give out "infomation" like this. It's just a dirty little scheme to get Mac users to buy virus protection from them.
J.T. MillSep 20th 2005 4:24PM
Yes, and I hear there's a small village in the middle of Sweeden that would totally get it's but kicked if it were to be attacked by raving monkeys. Just because it's not exactally safe, doesn't mean it's going to get attacked.
Robert KnightSep 20th 2005 7:02PM
Are you completely safe on a Mac or Mozilla? No, never assume.
Are you light years more safe than you would be on a Windows/IE platform? Definitely!
Should you use Semantic's garbage to be more "safe" ? No way.
ZelidarSep 21st 2005 7:53AM
Symantec software did not save most of my friends and relative from getting Malware but the additional security restrictions definitely made their computer life much harder. When on computer hotline duty among my top three questions there is "Did you try disabling AV protection or the firewall?".
What are the two most useless types of software, malware and an anti-malware. Most of all because they also often manage to keep invisible.