OS X Virus attacks: raw numbers?

dstranathandstranathan
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
http://www.linspire.com/lindows_michaelsminutes.php



Just an interesting comment from Mike, the Lindows guy. Notice the info regarding OS X attacks?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    mac the forkmac the fork Posts: 722member
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...honeypot_x.htm



    There's the actual article.



    Mac OS X, with the firewall shut off, is exposed to many attacks, but is not compromised. As messieurs Acohido and Swartz say, there are a lot of Windows systems out there, compromised by various worms, that spew out connection requests to random computers in the hope of finding and propagating to a vulnerable Windows system. That counts for the majority of those so-called attacks.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    tchwojkotchwojko Posts: 139member
    The basic firewall in System Preferences is on by default, I thought? I would have to specifically allow services to open ports...
  • Reply 3 of 6
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    Basic Firewall configuration should be proposed the first time you startup your computer, during the registration wizard...
  • Reply 4 of 6
    cmatechcmatech Posts: 14member
    Why on earth would anybody even care what a member of the linux community has to say about security?



    read this article:



    http://www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/framese...ess/021104.php



    Scroll down on that page a bit and you will see the "most breached computing enviroment".



    Apple users/owners are blessed.



    However, all this means is that as members of the Apple community we must *not* become complacent and think just cause it's unix it can't/won't happen or that somehow Apple, Inc. has all of the expertise on security. WE need to stay vigilant and keep *our* platform the very best. So if the firewalls needs to be turned on by default or whatever - Scream at the top of your lungs at Apple and let's get them to act consistently on security issues. They have done a darn good job so far...
  • Reply 5 of 6
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    So his benchmark of how few attacks a little-installed OS gets is somehow a measure of security?



    GuidoDos (fictional) had zero hack attempts, therefore it must be the best. \



    Listing # of successful attacks might be newsworthy. This isn't.
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