> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Liam > Proven > Sent: 18 September 2015 17:47 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Backups [was Re: Is tape dead?] > > On 18 September 2015 at 18:25, Dave G4UGM <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Are you 100 % sure you don't need anti-malware... > > > > http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/05/apple-to-patch-actively-expl > > oited-privilege-escalation-bug-in-os-x-10105---report > > > > from what I have seen the fix from Apple isn't a fix... > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/22/os_x_root_hole/ > > > > but to run SUID. Of course as you know from Facebook I am not a MAC > expert, but I do know that if a product has as many lines of code in it as OS > X > it will have bugs and security holes... > > > Well, overall, yes. > > It's a Unix box. If it was a web server or something, it would be remotely > exploitable, like any other Unix box. > > But it's not. It has no outwardly-accessible services at all -- it's behind a > firewall and all it does is share a single folder with my laptops. It doesn't > even > have ssh. It isn't a mail server, web server or anything. > > There are a few Trojans on OS X, but I think I am smart enough to avoid > them. > > There's no adware, no spyware (except what Apple might have built in), no > self-infecting viruses, nothing. I don't use most of Apple's apps > -- I don't use their browser, email client, chat client, or productivity > tools; I > very occasionally use their media player and their text editor, and that's > about it. The Apple text editor isn't the default, incidentally. >
But you do use a browser.... and all of those have holes... > > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile > Email: [email protected] • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven > MSN: [email protected] • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven > Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
