Apple computer users have long been immune from the Internet nasties that infect users of Microsoft Windows PCs, but that’s beginning to change, according to a report released Monday by the SANS Institute. The institute said in a statement that in light of recent attacks on Apple’s Safari browser, SANS experts agree that Apple’s operating system, OS X, still remains safer than Windows, but its reputation for offering a bullet-proof alternative to the Microsoft OS is in tatters.
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Mac Vulnerability Tops List of Security Flaws
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. May 2, 2006 08:09 AMApple computer users have long been immune from the Internet nasties that infect users of Microsoft Windows PCs, but that’s beginning to change, according to a report released Monday by the SANS Institute. The institute said in a statement that in light of recent attacks on Apple’s Safari browser, SANS experts agree that Apple’s operating system, OS X, still remains safer than Windows, but its reputation for offering a bullet-proof alternative to the Microsoft OS is in tatters.