Worm Maker Raps Apple On Security

[Osiris]

Worm Maker Raps Apple On Security

According to InfoWorld, the anonymous researcher who claims to have crafted a Mac OS X worm says Apple has a “very long way to go” on security.

Identified only as the researcher behind the Information Security Sell Out blog, he or she on Sunday announced that a still-unpatched bug in mDNSResponder, a component of Apple's Bonjour automatic network configuring service, could be exploited by a worm. Apple's May security update, dubbed 2007-005, included a fix for the mDNS bug.
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[Osiris]

No replies on this? Hmmm..... :freak:

 

[carnageX]

Surprising nobody else has posted the most obvious pun just sitting there xD.

 

[Osiris]

I was just waiting to hear the "apple is more secure than windows" line.....

 

[murdocsvan]

Mac ftw!

nah just kidding



PC ftw!

 

[Grayfox]

65% chance this is real


I would believe it if he didn't make such a giant mistake by saying multicast dns can be routed over the internet (It's imposable without reconfiguring all of your isp's routers.) Routers block multicast.


Also that he has claimed to have tested it on over 2000 mac's.

edit: Also apples code is just as insecure as microsofts.

Keep in mind most of the os wasn't written by apple just the proprietary parts that make for that magical user experience.