Month of Apple Bugs
According to Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs, who writes about Computer Security, a mysterious security researcher known only as "LMH" is going to conduct a "Month of Apple Bugs" where a new bug will be revealed every day. This will happen in January.
I'd like to note that as far as I'm concerned, Brian Krebs has lost all credibility in journalism because of the spotty coverage of a supposed wifi exploit on Mac's a couple months ago. John Gruber's in depth analysis of that debacle makes it clear to me that those attempting to show the wifi exploit were merely seeking hype by trying to tarnish Apple's solid reputation with security.
LHM says,
Right now, many OS X users still think their system is bulletproof, and some people are interested on making it look that way.
This post isn't about the mythical invulnerability of the Mac. The only Mac user that really believes Mac's are invincible is that douchebag Artie MacStrawman. The fact of the matter is OS X isn't exploited. It doesn't mean that it's not possible (although I've heard it convincingly argued that it is more difficult). Security experts who toot their own horn (especially those bastards at Symantec) who say Mac users have something to worry about have an interest in saying that--they're selling security software or working in the security research field.
I don't believe the Mac is untouchable. I do believe that I don't have a security problem. There are a number of security experts, researchers, and companies that want me to believe that I should be worried. They have a particular interest in that being the case. Their jobs depend on that being the case. When there is a problem, then I'll worry about it.
As for "some people making it look that way" ... who? Really, who? That douchebag Artie MacStrawman, again? Apple has advertised that there isn't a security problem on OS X. Is that it? Well, there isn't. That's not a valid selling point?