Comments on: Hackers increasingly target Apple as it becomes more popular

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:48:38 +0000

Follow the money….

By: George

George — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:47:24 +0000

Technical bloggers are quickly becoming the tool for media savvy “Security Researchers” with nothing to sell and nothing to say.
Unfortunately there is a vast audience of village idiot bloggers eager to write about something they, themselves, know nothing about.

There needs to be some sort of National Blogger Competency Test so “Clueless” tech writers and bloggers actually have to understand “Tech” to be able to write about tech issues in a public space.

Or perhaps they can go back to the mall to their old job selling shoes or making smoothies.

By: zato

zato — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:18:48 +0000

“F-secure (and other companies that sell anti-virus/anti-malware) products love to put out FUD articles…”

And so do Microsoft funded Black PR sites like Crunch Gear.

By: ardaz

ardaz — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:53:22 +0000

“Apple is increasingly the target of silly op-eds”…. ironic piece really

By: The Designer Geek

The Designer Geek — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:20:10 +0000

Of course what the article glosses over is that these bits-o-malware are all spread by social engineering. In essence, you have to install the malware yourself! It’s no fault of Apple’s, there’s no security hole aside from the one between the ears of the operator. There’s a *huge* difference between this and an Outlook worm like “I Love You” and its brethren.

F-secure (and other companies that sell anti-virus/anti-malware) products love to put out FUD articles that cause people to run out and buy their products. It’s simple: If you don’t know the source of the application, or if trying to open an image file asks for an administrator password, it’s probably something malicious.