Apple SSL Vulnerability Affects OSX Too - ThreatPost
Being an avid Apple user, I have had to crush the dreams of several other Apple fans when it comes to the security of their beloved operating system. I switched from using a Windows based PC to an Apple full-time shortly after being subjected to Vista. Though I had never owned an Apple of my own until that point, my husband and several friends have always preferred their computers over mine, boasting about how secure they were and how vulnerable I was. No matter who would make the comment, I would let them know that they were never any more secure than I was, and in fact could be more vulnerable.
Mac's operating system was not built more secure than Window's OS, there is no magic code that Apple has implemented that has made their OS insusceptible or invisible to hackers. Less people used Macs. More importantly to hackers, less BIG business money makers used Macs. If a hacker was looking to threaten a massive audience, or to steal valuable information, then the amount of time they spent searching for a vulnerability and then implementing a strategy had better be a sure bet. And with most of the world running on the Window's OS, this is their market! At least it was...
And it was this lack of a customer base using Apple's OS that gave users the facade that they were "safer" than their PC counterparts.
Now, the story of the century! Oh my goodness, the impenetrable Apple OS has a security vulnerability! I can't believe Apple would do this to US, it's beloved users!
How shocked would we be if Windows announced a security vulnerability was discovered?
Don't even get me started on the updates and patches to Windows that go almost unnoticed...almost.
Oh, COME ON! Give me a BREAK! Just one day before, Google released an update for Chrome to fix several high-level vulnerabilities:
Google Fixes 28 Security Flaws In Chrome 33 - ThreatPost
So a high-level security vulnerability has been discovered in Apple's OS, and we know this NOT because of any malicious attack or attempt, but because Apple has released an update to iOS to fix this issue and is creating a fix for OSX. And to that affect, I say thanks to Apple for releasing an update before a hacker discovered the vulnerability!
