[CS-FSLUG] Your OS may be secure, but are users safe?
Frank Bax
fbax at sympatico.ca
Wed Nov 18 18:29:53 CST 2009
Fred A. Miller wrote:
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-7-may-be-secure-are-windows-users-safe-896?source=IFWNLE_nlt_sec_2009-11-16
Make minor edit to one sentence (remove reference to MS & Windows)?
>> And for every ... bug that gets squashed, hackers seem to find
>> new problems in the software that runs on top of ... operating
>> system -- Flash Player, QuickTime, and Java.
Up to now, much focus has been placed on securing at OS level; but I'm
guessing vulnerabilities exist (choose your OS) that require access to a
local account to exploit? By using application layer to bypass
firewalls; an attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities. Is Linux or
Mac any safer than Windows in this arena?
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