Sunday, March 30, 2008

Is Apple the new Microsoft?

MacBook Air is hacked in two minutes in a security conference in Vancouver, BC this week. Microsoft has been criticized for its software development practices which do not pay sufficient attention to the security. Now, it appears that Apple has become the focus of the industry critics. There have been studies arguing that Apple is more security than the Microsoft. But, it seems that the network effect has been the reason why we did not see much security issues in Apple's products in the past. As they become more popular, they will get more attention from the hacker community. The more targets there are out there, the higher chance that a hacker finds a vulnerable device to exploit.