Apple Hires Former Windows Security Hacker for OS X

[vaughn2k]

[citation][nom]nforce4max[/nom]HER work is going to be fairly easy for a while searching for holes and exploits in OSX given just how weak the security is in that os. The only thing that stops most from making malware for osx is that there is no existing wealth of scripts, how to guides for writing malware for osx, and that the os is vastly different from windows as well linux when it comes to the commands. Simple phishing and spyware programs will likely be the biggest threat to Mac users in the future.[/citation]
Now its fixed...

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]pacomac[/nom]For a start he is a she, and if you knew anything about OSX you would know there are nowhere near the number of security holes in OSX as there has been in Windows. Only know are Microsoft getting their act together.[/citation]

If you knew anything about OSX, you'd know that your comment is wrong. OSX is far easier to hack into than even many older versions of Windows. MS ahs been getting their act together since a little before Vista, but Apple only very recently started and they're still not even nearly as far along as Vista was at launch. More importantly, MS systems have had the advantage of many security companies and other such groups making security software whereas OSX has had little of that until very recently. The only advantage in security that OSX has had is its smaller user base.

 

[mikenygmail]

[citation][nom]SoiledBottom[/nom]This is why I love Tom'sKristin "Paget" was hired by Microsoft....beforeNow it seems "Piget" is working with Apple....after[/citation]

Good thing it's only 5 letters, otherwise it might have been "Peugeot" by the end of the article!