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Linux, and its "childs" (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc.) are open source. As a result, I think it the most secure OS (not used it really to be honest). Programmers all over the world look carefully in the source code in look of security holes and improves it, making that security hole disappear. On a question here in LockerGnome I read someone saying that at least several hundreds of malwares and similars were reported in Mac OS. That would make Mac OSs the second in most secure OS (my point of view). Then comes Windows, the most vulnerable OS ever seen maybe. And everyone knows about its vulnerabilities. So based on these main OS's vulnerabilities, I ask myself if did Mac developers, or mainly Windows developers made these security holes on purpose, looking forward to sell services in order to fix them or provide alternatives that requires more of their services?, or their programmers doesn't have the creativity to look for these vulnerabilities and fix them before the final releases? Or is it something else? I bet that most of these vulnerabilities were found because of feedback of their users. |
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Windows is secure. People who click on "SHOOT THE MONKEY AND WIN A FREE IPAD" popups open the door for spyware and adware into their computers, and people who click on "OMG LOOK AT THESE PICS http://..." links in IM programs also invite trojans into their computers, especially since most of them are running unpatched copies of 32-bit Windows XP. No, software developers don't purposely put security holes in their products. Microsoft doesn't -sell- any security software, though they do provide Security Essentials for free. Windows is the most popular operating system, so of course there will be people with malicious intent looking to create trojans and spyware for it. The Mac simply doesn't have enough market penetration, and malware writers are much more used to writing Windows malware than anything for the Mac. No software product can be "perfectly secure." Security holes exist because programmers make mistakes. They're humans. I've seen my own *nix servers hacked and rooted by script kiddies who simply exploit a poorly written script somewhere, upload a shell, access that shell, dig up password hashes, bruteforce them and then log in to my server. No system is 100% secure, and anyone who says that is a complete, total liar. |
