[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

[David Goldstein]

You don't look too hard. Whatever its validity, a news search using the terms apple and hacker finds the following story first:
Criminal hackers turn on Mac users
Security experts have warned that hackers are fast extending their efforts beyond Windows and are actively targeting Mac users.

The 2008 Security Threat Report from Sophos said that organised criminal gangs have 'arrived at Apple's doorstep with the intention of stealing money'.

The report acknowledged that, while malware for Macs has long existed,
criminal gangs have not felt the need to target Mac users when there
are so many poorly protected Windows PCs available.
http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0125/hackers.html

David

----- Original Message ----
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian at creative.net.au>
To: David Goldstein <wavey_one at yahoo.com>
Cc: link at anu.edu.au
Sent: Friday, 25 January, 2008 3:28:51 PM
Subject: Re: [LINK] Re:  Windows XP versus Vista

On 
Thu, 
Jan 
24, 
2008, 
David 
Goldstein 
wrote:
> 
How 
much 
is 
the 
security 
problem 
with 
Microsoft 
products 
to 
do 
with 
if 
you 
attack 
Windows-based 
computers 
you 
can 
potentially 
reach 
well 
over 
90% 
of 
the 
world's 
computers 
and 
how 
much 
is 
to 
do 
with 
the 
design 
of 
the 
software?
> 
> 
Whatever 
its 
validity 
there 
are 
stories 
circulating 
more 
and 
more 
of 
hackers 
hacking 
into 
Mac 
computers, 
precisely 
because 
there 
are 
more 
of 
them 
now 
and 
it's 
becoming 
worthwhile 
for 
hackers 
to 
delve 
into 
this 
area.

Software 
isn't 
engineered 
like 
a 
bridge 
is 
engineered. 
Thats 
really
the 
core 
of 
the 
problem.

The 
"software 
engineering" 
stuff 
in 
the 
CS 
course 
I've 
since 
quit 
in 
disgust
focuses 
on 
methodology 
(UML), 
concepts 
(OO), 
language 
(Java) 
and 
teamwork;
completely 
forgetting 
how 
to 
write 
efficient, 
secure 
code 
in 
a 
hostile
environment.

It'd 
be 
nice 
if 
software 
engineering 
had 
exactly 
the 
same 
liabilities 
as 
the 
rest 
of
the 
engineering 
field. 
:)



Adrian







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