Mac users are still indifferent to security

Kevin Finisterre, an independent researcher, made the Mac community flutter when he set up a website to update the operating system bug in January last year.

Finsterre's warnings were ignored by many observers, but recently Apple had to release a patch to fix the errors this researcher found.

Mr. Finsterre said the main reason why he opened a warning website was the indifferent attitude of Mac users to security.

In fact, Apple's OSX has never been attacked by a virus, while Microsoft's Windows XP is engulfed in security-related troubles.

Many bugs discovered by Finisterre are vulnerabilities in the application and have nothing to do with the virus. Apple has also patched vulnerabilities in some Mac operating system software, such as iChat, Finder, and an error in the user notification process (which could lead to giving control to suspects). All three errors were discovered by Finisterre and his team, LMH.

Mr. Finisterre said the Month of Apple Bugs project has achieved its original goal, which is to raise users' awareness of Mac OS security.

Experts claim that no OSX-based computers have been used by hackers through the above flaws. By contrast, hundreds of thousands of Windows XP-based computers have been turned into "zombies" by hackers to form botnets to spread spam.

Finesterre also said Apple decided to cooperate with him at least to improve the security features of their operating system.

' I pursue these developments more than trying to collect a collection of bugs.' He said. 'I talk quite often with some security engineers (Apple). '

Currently, the MOAB project has been temporarily suspended.

Hoang Minh