Hack Expert Says Windows 7 is Hard to Hack

[exfileme]

Windows 7 is harder to hack than Apple's Snow Leopard--mainly due to Flash being installed by default on SL.

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[mrmoo500]

I thought macs never got virus...

 

[Abrahm]

[citation][nom]mrmoo500[/nom]I thought macs never got virus...[/citation]
No no, Macs never get any problems at all ever. Any issue is the users fault, or the fault of a 3rd party software developer. Nothing Apple makes ever has problems.

 

[skit75]

The "expert" identified 3rd party softwares (Java & Flash) as the primary intrusion point. Not much any OS can do if the backdoor is wide open, despite which ever "fanboy" tag you wear.

 

[jimmysmitty]

We will soon see the reason why Steve Jobs wears the black shirt. He is half ninja. I am sure this guy will be dead for saying Windows 7 was harder to hack.

Ninja Steve.

 

[mrmoo500]

[citation][nom]skit75[/nom]The "expert" identified 3rd party softwares (Java & Flash) as the primary intrusion point. Not much any OS can do if the backdoor is wide open, despite which ever "fanboy" tag you wear.[/citation]
But in all the commercials they tell me they don't!!!

 

[officeguy]

What is the point of hacking anyhow. A challenge perhaps. There are plenty of other challenges out there in the world that are more productive. Hacking will only land you in jail, if you are not careful!!

 

[cyprod]

...other than not default install the offending application.

 

[dman3k]

Seriously, Flash sucks. It is like IE; take the market leading position and sit on it. Go HTML5! I rather use Silverlight than Flash.

 

[Guest]

Viruses are a non-issue from a security standpoint. No one should EVER get a virus, especially not in a business. If you get hit with a virus or worm, you should line up your IT staff and fire pink slips at them, then hire people who actually know how to properly build & manage IT systems.

If security isn't an issue for Macs, then why is there a 50,000 strong mac botnet?

Proper security is an issue for every platform. Security isn't a product, it's a process.

 

[maestintaolius]

[citation][nom]officeguy[/nom]What is the point of hacking anyhow. A challenge perhaps. There are plenty of other challenges out there in the world that are more productive. Hacking will only land you in jail, if you are not careful!![/citation]
Well, of course, there is the whole monetary reason to get information as a pretty big point (even if it is illegal). But, one of the really good reasons to hack and have these hacking conferences is they expose the weaknesses in the OS or browser and allow the manufacturers a chance to fix them.

That said, I'm not surprised flash is a major troublemaker. The only problem I've had in the last 4 years was a result of a flash advert installing a Trojan (and it wasn't even a porn site!). NoScript and ABP are just great.

 

[Nexus52085]

[citation][nom]Abrahm[/nom]No no, Macs never get any problems at all ever. Any issue is the users fault, or the fault of a 3rd party software developer. Nothing Apple makes ever has problems.[/citation]
lol. Sorry, I just had to laugh out loud. Good one.

 

[redplanet_returns]

i really don't know about the guy...opera has always been rated one of the top, if not the top, when it comes to security. but yet he mentions IE8 and chrome?

 

[killerclick]

Well Flash is pretty much a standard add-on and if you use OpenOffice so is Java. I guess it's a balance between features and security. Typewriters can't be hacked (well maybe with a sword or something) but we still use computers and most of us use Windows.

 

[ethanolson]

Just wait 'til all the HTML5 security issues crop up. Web interactivity is gonna kill us all.

 

[bdcrlsn]

"He also added that a safe browsing combination would be to use Chrome or Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7"

Didn't think I'd ever hear that IE8 was one of the safest browsers to use.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

What I don't get is the headline. In the article it says older versions of Windows were harder to hack because they didn't come pre-installed with Flash or Java. Why does the headline say Windows 7 is hard to hack? It's supposed to make it EASIER according to the article. Weird.

 

[Regulas]

I wish he would have mentioned something about Firefox using Flashblock.

 

[victomofreality]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]Well Flash is pretty much a standard add-on and if you use OpenOffice so is Java. I guess it's a balance between features and security. Typewriters can't be hacked (well maybe with a sword or something) but we still use computers and most of us use Windows.[/citation]

Thats it I need to try and hack a typewriter... anyone happen to know where one still exists outside a museum?

 

[dogofwars]

Well Chrome use encapsulation and IE 8 do "some" kind of encapsulation.
From my own experience I think Chrome is safer but it take a lot of memory.
HTML5 I don't know if it will be more secure, will it be more related to the browser than 3rd party??

 

[p05esto]

Yes, IE8 has been proven again and again to be the most secure browser by far. It's hands down the most secure from what I'm read. You only hear about it more because of the domination of market share. Few people use Chrome, Opera, safari and even FF has low usage in comparison. IE is a larger target in other words.

 

[descendency]

I think he's no longer a hacking expert...

(although, maybe Windows finally is secure...LOLSUP)

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]officeguy[/nom]What is the point of hacking anyhow. A challenge perhaps. There are plenty of other challenges out there in the world that are more productive. Hacking will only land you in jail, if you are not careful!![/citation]
Hmm.... howmany hackers (crackers) have actually been caught?

On the other hand, considering how many 360s are modded for playing pirated games I would not be surprised if some one finds an exploit for it soon.

 

[ebattleon]

Eventually with time exploits will be found, but kudos to MS for making a more secure OS. As for Apple i hope jobs thanks the GNU Unix guys they take all their technology from

 

[daggs]

[citation][nom]ebattleon[/nom]Eventually with time exploits will be found, but kudos to MS for making a more secure OS. As for Apple i hope jobs thanks the GNU Unix guys they take all their technology from[/citation]
apple is bsd, not unix, it is a of branch of unix, don't compare unix, linux and osx, the former two are way more secure then osx.