Amongst most consumers, the general consensus regarding
Apple products is that they are more secure and less "hack-able" than
other brands. Although Apple is known for creating user friendly interfaces and
less redundant code, it can be agreed amongst us technologists that there is
nothing special about Apple that actually keeps it safe from hackers.
The main reason why we don’t see a lot hacking amongst Apple products is because it’s simply more popular to go with other platforms such as PC. In a previous blog post, we touched upon how Windows (both XP and 7) made up of over 70% market share for operating systems (excluding mobile devices). Therefore from a hacker perspective, it is much more enticing to create a malicious virus that can be applied to 70% of the world, rather than the other 30% made up of Apple, Linux, and other operating systems.
Recently, it was announced that Apple had released a
new patch for both its mobile and Mac operating systems because of a critical
security flaw. Quoting an Apple spokesmen, "Impact:
an attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in
sessions protected by SSL/TLS and modify data”. This basically translates
into a hacker having the ability to impersonate a protected site such as a
banking website to steal valuable information.
This is just one example on how the
general view of the consumer is wrong. The customer is NOT always right. Apple products can also have bugs
just like any other products. The only difference is that since the market has
not deemed Apple the market leader, it does not garner the same attention.
Video Explaining the Fix of Apple's Security Flaw
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