[CS-FSLUG] Your OS may be secure, but are users safe?

[Frank Bax]

Frank Bax wrote:
> 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?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047