I believe the mac equivalent of Outlook is Entourage. I have not done any research or heard of any vulnerabilities associated with it. I wonder if it is susceptible to the same problems as Outlook. I'm also not sure how popular it is among Mac users. Especially when they can use Apple Mail and Thunderbird for free.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Safari was the vulnerability, but so was IE8. I don't know if there's > a Mac equivalent of Outlook (the other primary target in Windows to my > understanding). There has to be some way of remotely connecting to the > system, the browser would seem to be the easiest target in any OS. > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've said this before and I will say it until the end of time. > > No operating system is 100% secure. > > Now that Macs have become more popular in past three years due to the > > change to Intel processors, we will probably see more and more each year > > OS 10 become more vulnerable, especially with viruses. With great > > popularity comes great exposure. > > As far as this article is concerned (I'll read it in more depth at > lunch), > > I am pretty sure that person found a hole in Safari and not the operating > > system itself. > > > > -- > > > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosby > > http://www.edwardcrosby.com > > http://www.techdiffpodcast.com > > > >> > >> In the latest PWN2OWN competition, a competitor took all of TEN > >> SECONDS to completely control a fully patched Mac running Safari. A > >> Vista system running IE8 went down shortly thereafter. The only tool > >> afforded the competitors was a URL site to launch the attack. > >> > >> > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129978&intsrc=hm_ts_head > >> > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
