OS X among most secure systems?..

The article doesn't take into account the worms and viruses that targetted the platforms. That is why Windows seems to be more 'secure' than Linux.

Personally, I think the reason Linux has more breaches is because there are more Government agencies moving to Linux. As such, they are more interesting/worthwhile targets for hackers. On the other hand, which sane person runs mission critical stuff on Windows?

If they were to include the number of worms/trojans/viruses, Windows would come out tops, followed by Linux, then Mac OS X. Either way, OS X still comes out tops :)
 
Viro said:
The article doesn't take into account the worms and viruses that targetted the platforms. That is why Windows seems to be more 'secure' than Linux...
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The reason being that these guys are looking at directed actual breaches rather than mass, uncoordinated attacks.

Also, the articles cites the lack of training as _the_ reason for Linux breaches rather than any inherent insecurity.

No doubt Microsoft will put a FUD spin on the findings and use them to cloud the real problems...
 
It's nice news for all BSD distros (including Mac OS X, of course), but OS X as a server OS also has the 'flaw' of just not being implemented on a large scale. The really interesting question would be: What percentage of _tried_ cracks were successful for which operating system. The study does not seem to include scale, just a number of recorded security breaches.
 
Fryke: I'd also be interested in knowing those figures.

Surely these guys have them.

It's clear that OS X is going places [mostly very good places ::angel::] but I just don't think Apple are making enough of a play on this.

More marketing of these facts required! Are you listening Apple?..
 
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