Mac OS X is vulnerable but so is Microsoft Windows

A blog entry, "Mac OS is more vulnerable to exploits than Windows", highlights the incident of a hacker being able to get into the Mac via a Safari exploit within a short span of time. What was missed (although there is a link on the entry) is the fact that the exploit required someone on the computer to click on a link for the exploit to be initiated. The hacker was not able to do something without relying on someone to click on something.

Whilst the Mac was the first one to be hacked, Windows and Linux followed suit. The next question here is -- who gets the most share of exploits? Not Linux, not the Mac but Windows. No matter how secure MS IE is, according to their CEO, it also got hacked within a few minutes. Just so happen that it is more interesting to see the Mac fall first. We are all used to the fact that Windows is vulnerable! No fun in that! :P

No system is 100% invulnerable. In the case of these hacks, the user was the one who initiated it. It is almost always the fault of the user! :) So, yes - the Mac is vulnerable and so is Windows and Linux. It just so happen that I trust Linux and Mac (in no order) more than I trust Windows.

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