Here Thomas, this one is from this century, and actually relevant: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pwn2own-mac-hack,2254.html
It turns out that Miller, a Mac user, says what we PC Weenies have been saying all along: you rob banks because that's where the money is (oh, and Macs are safer through obscurity): "Between Mac and PC, I'd say that Macs are less secure for the reasons we've discussed here (lack of anti-exploitation technologies) but are more safe because there simply isn't much malware out there. For now, I'd still recommend Macs for typical users as the odds of something targeting them are so low that they might go years without seeing any malware, even though if an attacker cared to target them it would be easier for them." My favorite part? About the economics of hacking. Turns out, hacking a Mac isn't worth all that much, contrary to what we've always been told on this list: " Charlie: Right. That is true at Pwn2Own partially too. Mac bugs aren't really valuable, but while $5,000 is a lot of money, it's really not that much when you consider what a bad guy could make with an exploit for an unknown vulnerability in, say, IE 8 running on Vista. The one thing other contests do test that Pwn2Own doesn't is speed. I could have written my exploit in a day or a week or even a month. At other contests, you have to be ready to go non-stop for three days or whatever. I really never work more than eight hours a day." > >Which only makes Windows harder to hack, at least according to the man > who > >pwned the Mac in less than 2 minutes. > > More dishonest propaganda from the WFBs. > > http://daringfireball.net/2007/04/interview_dino_dai_zovi ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
