Sophos selling Mac Vulnerability
From The Baltimore Sun
Have you ever had an auto mechanic you didn’t quite trust tell you that your car needed a repair “just to be on the safe side”?
The latest alarm bell from U.K.-based security software firm Sophos reminds me of just such a circumstance. Last week Sophos announced results of a self-admittedly unscientific poll conducted on the company’s Web site. Of the 350 people who responded, 93 percent said they believed the Mac will be targeted more in the future, up from 79 percent two years ago.
Sophos was one of the companies to make a big deal out of OSX/RSPlug when it was first detected, trumpeting how Mac users of its security software were protected.
Now Sophos offers a “poll” indicating rising fear among Mac users that the platform is increasingly likely to be targeted by hackers. Hmmm … I wonder who’s been contributing to that?
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I believe it is just a
I believe it is just a matter of time before the Mac is attacked. It might not be a huge attack, and you might have to be stupid to install it, typing in your admin password. Something will come along. You can never say never. Sophos don't sell to home users so they aren't pushing a product to them. We use Sophos on our Macs in the office and it does pick up files that are infected. They are of course Windows ones, but at least we stop them being transferred on. Also, users have then found out they have an issue with their pc at home.
They have a podcast about Macs and virus's and it is an interesting listen. Especially the bit about websites now being to to send the correct payload for the correct browser and os.
Cheers
Michael