full-disclosure - Re: mac trojan in-the-wild

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0711012003390.1164@linuxbox.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:04:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org>
To: Jim Harrison <Jim@...tools.org>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	"bugtraq@...urityfocus.com" <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: mac trojan in-the-wild

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Jim Harrison wrote:
> While Apple-oriented threats may not get either the validation or the publicity (on hardly equals the other) that Windows attacks do, it's hardly accurate (much less fair) to make those comparisons.
> For all those comparative points, my Kaypro-4 running ZCPR is more secure than any Apple OS.
>

The comparison is of the Microsoft eco-system in the security realm when 
Windows 98 was out. Whether by lack of visibility, unpatched exploits or 
organized criminal interest.

That is the significant part.

 	Gadi.

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