Maybe this isn't enough to sound the bell across
the land, but, as expected, there are still security vulnerabilities out there hitting the Linux and Mac folks. Last
week there was that
Mac
Trojan, which was just a proof-of-concept (and not a good one at that). There's still a nasty Safari hole that
Ars Technica is insisting is a major problem. I'm
inclined to agree, shell scripts can do some damage. And then I see a
worm
for Linux that targets Mambo and PHP. The PHP fix has been out for a while (provided you update things regularly),
but the Mambo hole is still there. Ah security, will it ever end? As long as people use computers, I think not. My
first virus (and hence, exposure to the need for security) was on a Mac, what was yours?
Tags: news, trojan, worm
