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17 vulnerabilities patched -- but not for Windows?


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Apple's release last week of a patch addressing 17 Mac OS X-related vulnerabilities inspired George Ou to muse on the relative security of the Mac and Windows platforms. "Even though the Mac platform is too sparse for the spread of conventional Mac-based worms," writes Ou, "it is entirely conceivable that a Windows-based worm can be designed to attack Mac-based vulnerabilities along with Unix ones. If such a cross-platform attack ever were to happen, you can pretty much throw the monoculture theory out the window."

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