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Weirdest thing going on with MACbook.
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<blockquote data-quote="McBie" data-source="post: 1020708" data-attributes="member: 54417"><p>If bad things happen to a system, nobody cares if it's called trojan, virus or whatever.... the damage is done.</p><p>The world is moving on and malware ' developers ' are getting pretty clever .... hiding code in images ... I have seen some nifty stuff, almost OS agnostic.</p><p>Now you don't need to type any password when viewing pictures .... right.... not even on OS X.</p><p></p><p>For the time being I agree that there is a lower threat level for Mac users, and the theory behind that is that the bad guys are ' following the money ' and the mass deployment of ' other OS's ' provides a more target rich environment.</p><p></p><p>Often I read that the OS we all love and trust is build on Unix and therefor more robust. Whilst that is absolutely true, people forget how many layers are build on top of Unix to make it OS X.</p><p></p><p>The best malware is the one that keeps a low profile and does not advertise anything on your screen.</p><p></p><p>The statement that OS X has a firewall so ... don't worry is true to some extent. If you configured it wrongly and put it to the test, you'd be surprised.</p><p></p><p>Having looked at IT risks for all my life, I can say that 1 ounce of prevention equals 1 pound of cure.</p><p>IT Security is more about people and their behavior than it is about machines and their settings.</p><p></p><p>My only reason for posting this is ' to abide by the code of ethics and not to hide any risk ' and make people aware that if they believe technology is going to solve their problems, then they don't understand the technology and they don't understand the problems.</p><p></p><p>My 2 cents.</p><p></p><p>Cheers ... McBie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McBie, post: 1020708, member: 54417"] If bad things happen to a system, nobody cares if it's called trojan, virus or whatever.... the damage is done. The world is moving on and malware ' developers ' are getting pretty clever .... hiding code in images ... I have seen some nifty stuff, almost OS agnostic. Now you don't need to type any password when viewing pictures .... right.... not even on OS X. For the time being I agree that there is a lower threat level for Mac users, and the theory behind that is that the bad guys are ' following the money ' and the mass deployment of ' other OS's ' provides a more target rich environment. Often I read that the OS we all love and trust is build on Unix and therefor more robust. Whilst that is absolutely true, people forget how many layers are build on top of Unix to make it OS X. The best malware is the one that keeps a low profile and does not advertise anything on your screen. The statement that OS X has a firewall so ... don't worry is true to some extent. If you configured it wrongly and put it to the test, you'd be surprised. Having looked at IT risks for all my life, I can say that 1 ounce of prevention equals 1 pound of cure. IT Security is more about people and their behavior than it is about machines and their settings. My only reason for posting this is ' to abide by the code of ethics and not to hide any risk ' and make people aware that if they believe technology is going to solve their problems, then they don't understand the technology and they don't understand the problems. My 2 cents. Cheers ... McBie [/QUOTE]
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