‘Secure OS’: The Latest IT Oxymoron

“Talk to an Apple fanboy or girl, and chances are they’ll tell
you the company’s Mac software is “better” than Microsoft’s — or
anyone else’s for that matter. So there will be a few of them
slinking around holding their heads in shame right now thanks to
some research published recently by security company Secunia.

“It turns out that of all the software vendors Secunia studied
— and it looked at all the big boys including Microsoft, Oracle,
Adobe, Mozilla, Google, IBM and so on — the vendor with the most
vulnerabilities in all its products was … you guessed it: Apple
(NASDAQ: AAPL).

“It’s ironic, really, when earlier this year Apple’s Steve Jobs
refused to allow Adobe’s Flash on the iPhone or iPad, justifying
the decision by calling Adobe lazy and saying: “Apple does not
support Flash because it is so buggy.” The words “pot,” “kettle”
and “black” spring to mind.”

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