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sbp
11-01-2002, 04:41 PM
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6006

A REPORT FROM mi2G has come to the what it says is the startling conclusion that other operating systems are less vulnerable to hacker and virus attack than Microsoft Windows.

That comes in its analysis for the month of October of digital attack.

It says that software vulnerabilities affected Windows most at 44 per cent, Linux at 19 per cent, BSD at nine per cent, and Sun Solaris at seven per cent.

The firm said: "Based on the number of vulnerabilities announced in 2002 that affect operating systems, the SCO Unix, Apple Macintosh and Compaq Tru64 Operating Systems appear to be the least prone to hacker attack and damage from viruses and worms. This is one of the startling conclusions of the end-of-October 2002 analysis of digital attacks to be released on 1st November."

The doomed Tru64 OS, Mac OS, and SCO Unix were the least affected, with 1.9 per cent of the first two and a mere .5 per cent of the last affecting systems.

The body claims that Tru64 systems only suffered 10 attacks, compared to Microsoft's 31,431 and Linux with 17,218 attacks.

Novell Netware only suffered two attacks, and IBM's AIX 199 attacks, while SGI's Irix OS suffered just 166 attacks – events which the firm referred to as "security by obscurity".

In other words, no-one could be bothered to attack Netware, Irix and AIX because they're too low key.

Economic damage from viral and other attacks amounts to $7.3 billion during 2002, and it projects 70,000 over attacks on systems compared to 31,222 attacks in 2001.

A record 309 new vulnerabilities were discovered in October alone, the firm estimates, a number which exceeds the total for 1998 at 245. µ

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another link: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/21/021021hnvulnerable.xml?s=IDGNS

the report: http://mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/press/311002.php

Cantacuzene
11-01-2002, 05:10 PM
What does that prove? Not much I think.

spigidygak
11-01-2002, 07:00 PM
It proves hackers don't know crap about os x.

revil
11-01-2002, 08:03 PM
Originally posted by spigidygak
It proves hackers don't know crap about os x.
or don't care? :cry2:

spigidygak
11-01-2002, 08:36 PM
Originally posted by revil

or don't care? :cry2:

Yeah same difference. Not like there are os x servers everywhere to hack into . . .

Jeffbx
11-04-2002, 05:09 AM
What's more satisfying to a hacker? Crippling Windows or Solaris? Making a big impact or a tiny one?

I don't think it's a question of vulnerability, but more of volume of attacks.