In "Kaspersky Lab" believe OS X is very vulnerable

As a result of problems with the protection of OS X malware in the "Kaspersky Lab" actively began to study the level and security features of the operating system for computers Mac. CTO Nikolay Grebennikov, in an interview for Computing It reported that the operating system OS X is a very vulnerable. Mol, Apple as much as 10 years behind in terms of the security of its main competitor, Microsoft.

"We started the analysis of the weaknesses of OS X and malware aimed at their exploitation. According to the results of the first study, it became clear that Apple is not paying enough attention to the safety of its software. For example, a vulnerability in Java, used in Giant botnetIt was very quickly rectified Oracle. However, Apple has blocked Java updates on OS X, decided to independently prepare a patch to deal with Flashback. He was ready after two or three months since the release of an update from Oracle. And this is - a very long time ", - said Grebennikov. In addition, in his opinion, the very appearance of such a large botnet of 600 thousand. Mac computers should be alarming sign that Apple is not paying enough attention to protection.

Obviously, the head of the technical department of "Kaspersky Lab" focuses on the carelessness of Apple employees. The Company is not fast enough and properly combats the vulnerability of their computer operating system and the consequences of their use by hackers. Moreover, Grebennikov suggested that in the near future iGadzhetov also suffer from malware attacks. (Though they Trojans of this kind for iOS yet been identified.)

But it seems to me, a comparison of Windows and OS X is not quite correct - it is a platform based on completely different principles. Of course, any protection created by man and it is broken, but in the environment of OS X, along essentially * NIX-platform is made much more difficult than in a Windows environment. For four years, Mac operating system did not stand a single anti-virus and did not have any problems with viruses.