On Mac security “flaw”
Yesterday morning Yahoo! News published a story titled “Apple finally patches dangerous DNS flaw .” Because I have been known to talk positively about the Mac’s security, sometimes mistaken for bragging, a number of people I respect forwarded me the story this morning.
The context for this response is my company has been in the midst of a major network security audit, in part to prepare to deliver services to clients with stringent security requirements. I had mentioned earlier this week to one of these clients that I felt the security of our workstations, which was under scrutiny, was enhanced by the fact most are Macintosh computers. This client, a well-educated, experienced technology security professional, immediately pointed out that it has been demonstrated that Mac can be compromised at events like the Black Hat happening now .
