Why is MAC so secure?        Answer: It isn't!

Mac OSX vs. Microsoft XP A question commonly asked of X-Force is, “Why is Mac OSX more secure than Windows?” The simple fact of the matter is, it is not. OSX has a long development history and has incorporated ideas for service design from several *NIX variants (such as OPENSTEP, NetBSD, FreeBSD, etc.). This history, coupled with the strong emphasis on graphical user experience, means that OSX suffers from many common *NIX application frailties in addition to less rigorous access controls. The security and integrity of both operating systems (OS) were tied directly to the skills and awareness of the end-user and the myriad applications he may install or use on a daily basis. You may have seen the new TV and magazine advertising campaign that describes how much better Macs are than Microsoft Windows.For the most part, this advice has been based upon the worldwide proliferation of viruses. Indeed, there are literally hundreds of thousands of viruses and malware that target Microsoft Windows systems and, until February this year, there were no viruses specifically targeting Apple’s Mac OSX. First Published in ISS' X-Force Newsletter - July 2006  

My space is harmless, right?
It’s free, easy to join, and easy to message its members. Kids chat about everything from school, to sports, to fundraisers for Katrina victims. It all seems like innocent fun, and it can be. But many parents and teens are unaware there are hidden dangers.Parry Aftab, Internet lawyer and safety expert: [It’s] one stop shopping for sexual predators, and they can shop by catalogue. Aftab says even kids who don’t list their name and address can provide enough personal information— such as the kinds of bands and boys they love— for a pedophile to use to con their way into their lives

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Can free music cost more?
The dangers of using Kazaa, Morpheus, Grokster, and other Napster-like peer-to-peer file sharing services. In using such services you "open up your system to a host of security and privacy threats, including viruses, worms, Trojan horses, snooping, data theft, spyware, and more." Apparently, MyDoom was originally let loose via Kazaa. And though the virus is propagating predominantly via e-mail messages, it continues to worm its way through the most popular of the peer-to-peer file-sharing services.

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