Comments on: Is “20,000 Microsoft sites hacked” a case of dog bites man? http://macenstein.com/default/2008/04/is-20000-microsoft-sites-hacked-a-case-of-dog-bites-man/ Mac news and rumors dug up on the web and sewn into and unholy monster Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ross Snider http://macenstein.com/default/2008/04/is-20000-microsoft-sites-hacked-a-case-of-dog-bites-man/comment-page-1/#comment-154335 Ross Snider Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:58:16 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/?p=1297#comment-154335 10 times out of 10 I would keep private information on a Vista over Mac OS X. Why? Modern anti-intrusion techniques are built into Vista, making known, reliable bugs a pain in the butt to exploit. Mac OS X on the other hand has none of these, and it basically just relies on the fact its market share is low to avoid attackers. Plan 9 is the most secure OS, according to this "logic". The reason 20,000 sites got hacked is this: someone found a bug or read about an old one. Instead of being a targetted, skilled attack, the person rooted all of those computers, which were running XP or what have you - all the same setup and all vulnerable because of it. 20,000 servers because the person was unskilled and because of Microsoft's high market share.. In the pwn2own contest this year, Vista went down first. However, the exploit the attacker used was in Flash, a component of most modern browsers that can't run with protection schemes because of compatibility issues. The Vista was owned, but the exploit would have worked on the Mac and Ubuntu just as well. He chose to attack Vista because he wanted to keep the Vista over a Mac or Ubuntu. Mac is not secure. It is just safer for the time being because very few people want to hack Macs quite yet. The greater the market share, the more that will change. I implore you to learn how information security works so that you can make informed decisions in the future. 10 times out of 10 I would keep private information on a Vista over Mac OS X. Why? Modern anti-intrusion techniques are built into Vista, making known, reliable bugs a pain in the butt to exploit. Mac OS X on the other hand has none of these, and it basically just relies on the fact its market share is low to avoid attackers. Plan 9 is the most secure OS, according to this “logic”.

The reason 20,000 sites got hacked is this: someone found a bug or read about an old one. Instead of being a targetted, skilled attack, the person rooted all of those computers, which were running XP or what have you – all the same setup and all vulnerable because of it. 20,000 servers because the person was unskilled and because of Microsoft’s high market share..

In the pwn2own contest this year, Vista went down first. However, the exploit the attacker used was in Flash, a component of most modern browsers that can’t run with protection schemes because of compatibility issues. The Vista was owned, but the exploit would have worked on the Mac and Ubuntu just as well. He chose to attack Vista because he wanted to keep the Vista over a Mac or Ubuntu.

Mac is not secure. It is just safer for the time being because very few people want to hack Macs quite yet. The greater the market share, the more that will change.

I implore you to learn how information security works so that you can make informed decisions in the future.

]]> By: odin http://macenstein.com/default/2008/04/is-20000-microsoft-sites-hacked-a-case-of-dog-bites-man/comment-page-1/#comment-152298 odin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:56:50 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/?p=1297#comment-152298 I agree, more pics of Angelina. I agree, more pics of Angelina.

]]> By: MacSheikh http://macenstein.com/default/2008/04/is-20000-microsoft-sites-hacked-a-case-of-dog-bites-man/comment-page-1/#comment-152273 MacSheikh Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:15:38 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/?p=1297#comment-152273 Mmmm...Angelina Jolie...Yummm... ;-) Mmmm…Angelina Jolie…Yummm… ;-)

]]> By: LOL http://macenstein.com/default/2008/04/is-20000-microsoft-sites-hacked-a-case-of-dog-bites-man/comment-page-1/#comment-152271 LOL Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:15:30 +0000 http://macenstein.com/default/?p=1297#comment-152271 People always seem to forget, in order for that macbook air to be hacked: there has to be some USER INTERACTION! People always seem to forget, in order for that macbook air to be hacked:

there has to be some USER INTERACTION!

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