Yet, Apple OS X 10.7 Lion is still the most most secure commercial operating system in widespread use.
Really?!?
So that 600,000 strong Mac botnet was nothing to worry about.
There is much ridicule of MS and Windows users here, but as a percentage of computers the Flashback attack spread farther and wider than any Windows virus/worm/trojan in history.
Mac users have been complacent for too long. Apple has been complacent for too long.
All operating system patches are a double edged sword. In an effort to get updates out quickly mistakes will be made. Even when updates are done slowly and deliberately they can contain serious bugs and break 3rd party software. Firefox 13.0 is just the most recent high profile example of automatic updates pushing buggy software to millions of users, but I remember official updates from Microsoft and Apple that rendered machines virtually unusable.
So do you ignore the update and risk whatever the update addresses or do you install the update and find it prevents you from doing your job?
[quote name="Bregalad" url="/t/150901/apples-mountain-lion-to-offer-automatic-security-updates#post_2134690"]So that 600,000 strong Mac botnet was nothing to worry about.[/QUOTe]
When you make up numbers, anything is 'worrisome'.
[QUOTE]Mac users have been complacent for too long. Apple has been complacent for too long.[/QUOTE]
And I'm sure they're sorry for allowing Java to even be installed in OS X.
Only 11.2% of users affected by the Flashback trojan were using Mac OS X 10.7 Lion with 28% of those users having not applied at least one update. In other words, we are talking about approximately 67,200 users of which 18, 816 had not applied at least one update. Therefore, the number of impacted users with updated systems (important since this story is regarding automatic security updates) on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was 48,384 or approximately 0.0008% of all Mac users.
Furthermore, the comparison of a single instance of malicious software impacting users versus a plethora of malicious software impacting users is ridiculous.
As far as infected hosts as a percentage of possible hosts (which is a dubious claim at best) there has been malware which has been more prevalent and certainly many more damaging:
Melissa Virus ILOVEYOU worm which, incidentally, caused $10 billion in damages Code Red and Code Red II Nimda virus SQL Slammer (aka Sapphire) which, incidentally, caused $1 billion in damages Michelangelo virus Sasser virus Sobig MyDoom
Further notable, Java Runtime (OpenJDK Project for Java on Mac OS X updates available from Oracle) and Adobe Flash (updates available from Adobe) are no longer bundled applications beginning with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. The removal of Adobe Flash and Java Runtime remove a large number of potential exploits.
So when can we UNDO updates!? Can Mountain Lion do this?
Something many have been asking for since, well, 10.0. Something that would rank higher on corporate requirements to start rolling OS X out for business users than almost any other feature Apple has made since 10.0 except the other security and system stability improvements. "oh just reinstall" doesn't fly in the business world. updates should be as easy to roll back as one click. Like on Windows.
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Yet, Apple OS X 10.7 Lion is still the most most secure commercial operating system in widespread use.
Really?!?
So that 600,000 strong Mac botnet was nothing to worry about.
There is much ridicule of MS and Windows users here, but as a percentage of computers the Flashback attack spread farther and wider than any Windows virus/worm/trojan in history.
Mac users have been complacent for too long. Apple has been complacent for too long.
All operating system patches are a double edged sword. In an effort to get updates out quickly mistakes will be made. Even when updates are done slowly and deliberately they can contain serious bugs and break 3rd party software. Firefox 13.0 is just the most recent high profile example of automatic updates pushing buggy software to millions of users, but I remember official updates from Microsoft and Apple that rendered machines virtually unusable.
So do you ignore the update and risk whatever the update addresses or do you install the update and find it prevents you from doing your job?
The choice isn't always clear.
When you make up numbers, anything is 'worrisome'.
[QUOTE]Mac users have been complacent for too long. Apple has been complacent for too long.[/QUOTE]
And I'm sure they're sorry for allowing Java to even be installed in OS X.
Furthermore, the comparison of a single instance of malicious software impacting users versus a plethora of malicious software impacting users is ridiculous.
As far as infected hosts as a percentage of possible hosts (which is a dubious claim at best) there has been malware which has been more prevalent and certainly many more damaging:
Melissa Virus
ILOVEYOU worm which, incidentally, caused $10 billion in damages
Code Red and Code Red II
Nimda virus
SQL Slammer (aka Sapphire) which, incidentally, caused $1 billion in damages
Michelangelo virus
Sasser virus
Sobig
MyDoom
Further notable, Java Runtime (OpenJDK Project for Java on Mac OS X updates available from Oracle) and Adobe Flash (updates available from Adobe) are no longer bundled applications beginning with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. The removal of Adobe Flash and Java Runtime remove a large number of potential exploits.
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Connie, I'm not sure what world you live in or in what world you think we live, but…
The one where capturing screenshots "Just Works" is where I am.
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I'd hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you just went and posted something silly.
Sarcasm: It's not for everybody.
Time to switch to a different username again to avoid embarrassment?
No embarrassment whatsoever. I was just pointing out that accomplishing the task is simple with the right tools.
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No embarrassment whatsoever. I was just pointing out that accomplishing the task is simple with the right tools.
Oh don't worry, we suspected that.
You'd have to be aware of what you did before feeling embarrassment and this obviously isn't the case here.
Please try and stay aware from any dangerous machinery for the rest of your life.
Sorry, Zazzles. If you are forced to open an application to access a screenshot, you're doing it wrong.
Something many have been asking for since, well, 10.0. Something that would rank higher on corporate requirements to start rolling OS X out for business users than almost any other feature Apple has made since 10.0 except the other security and system stability improvements. "oh just reinstall" doesn't fly in the business world. updates should be as easy to roll back as one click. Like on Windows.
Not in the slightest. ????
OS X updates aren't typically destructive towards existing 3rd party software. Or am I missing something?
Overall, I'm pleased at this value adding feature. Beats the hell out of any Windows A/V software. Then again, they have a much larger whale to fry.