Apple's security "10 years behind Microsoft," says Kaspersky CEO
Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of internet security firm Kaspersky, has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple, saying that the company's approach to security is a long way behind that of its rival Microsoft.
"I think that they are ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security," Kaspersky said at the Info Security 2012 conference. "For many years I've been saying that from a security point of view there is no big difference between Mac and Windows."
A recent spate of malware has heightened concern about security vulnerabilities on Apple devices. Historically, the company's products have been relatively safe from malware, but that's changing, according to Kaspersky – his company has seen more malware aimed at Macs.
"Apple is now entering the same world as Microsoft has been in for more than 10 years: updates, security patches and so on," Kaspersky said.
Malware was always going to become a growing concern for Mac users as Apple's market share increased – if you own a Mac it might be time to start thinking seriously about security.
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Comments
sebpinski
1 year ago
What a loads of rubbish. Funny how someone who is head of a security firms says such a thing. Could it be that he's scaremongering so that people go out and buy the software his firm is writing to make him more money.
OSX is a unix platform and inherently resilient to attack.
Rozie
1 year ago
great to hear that sebpinski, but hasn't there been some apple users getting viruses lately.
those who buy apple pay £££ for their computers and phones, trouble is those who create the malware must have them now, so in future I can see trouble heading apples way. they've had it easy up to now.
Are their customers properly protected from all eventualities.
At least microsoft is constantly fighting the battle of malware, apple have never had to deal with it until now.