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Mac OS X security under scrutiny
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-11-29

When the SANS Institute, a computer-security training organization, released its Top-20 vulnerabilities last week, the rankings continued an annual ritual aimed at highlighting the worst flaws for network administrators. This year, the list had something different, however: The group flagged the collective vulnerabilities in Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system as a major threat.

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Mac OS X security under scrutiny 2005-11-29
Anonymous
The usual 'the sky is falling' routine in the form of '..since Mac has such a small market share, it is not productive to write viri...'

The reason the Mac is sooo much safer than MS is that YOU have to literally FORCE a virus or trojan get onto your system. YOU. No sneaky stuff like MS allows. A...

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