- #Download java for os x 2015 001 aka apple's version of legacy java command line tool install#
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I may be able to browse impervious to malware on a Mac at the moment, however I personally would not be comfortable using a platform so easily compromised if someone had the motivation to do so. However this is not the same as Macs being secure, something Eric Schmidt erroneously advised recently. Using a Mac may certainly be a safer choice for a lot of people as despite being vulnerable they are not targeted. I go into this in further detail in a later section.
#Download java for os x 2015 001 aka apple's version of legacy java command line tool software#
This is more than likely because Apple has a very low market share of PC’s, simply making it less than worthwhile to invest in writing software to attack as many machines as possible when money is the motivation. The argument always seems limited to distributed attacks which admittedly are nowhere near the problem they are for windows.
#Download java for os x 2015 001 aka apple's version of legacy java command line tool install#
Distributed attacks such as drive by downloads are impersonal by nature because they must compromise thousands of machines while the motivation behind a targeted attack tends to be more personal, perhaps to steal confidential files or install some sort of backdoor. A targeted attack is not blind and is specific to the machine being attacked. Distributed attacks are used to infect large amounts of machines easily, which are then generally joined into a botnet to earn cash.Ī targeted attack is more specific, where a single machine or network is attacked. An example of a distributed attack is a drive by download, where the target is unknown, but if the target is vulnerable the exploit should work. A distributed attack is one not specific to any one machine or network, but will exploit as many machines as it can affected by a particular set of vulnerabilities, of which OS X has had many. It is important before going further to note the difference between a distributed attack and a targeted attack.
Apple have an appalling attitude towards security which often leaves their users highly vulnerable while hyping their products as secure, simply because they are rarely targeted. The word myth is precisely accurate, as OS X and other Apple software is among the most vulnerable software on consumer devices today.
It is one of the most prevalent myths among the computer purchasing public and to a lesser extent those who work in IT, that Apple computers are far more secure than their Windows and perhaps Linux counterparts. My motivation to write this article was the hordes of OS X users who are either blind or have been mislead by false advertising into believing OS X is somehow immune to malware and attacks. There is no FUD in this article, just an analysis of the available evidence and some speculation. I think I am publishing at an interesting time however just as malware for OS X is increasing and Apple are starting to put effort into securing OS X with the soon to be released Lion. Despite 18 months passing by before I managed to finish it, not much seems to have changed. I wanted to point out the many problems with OS X security and debunk the baseless myth that OS X is somehow more secure.
I have had this article planned since the end of 2009 and have had it as a skeleton since then.
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