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Apple Confirms Zero-Day Attacks Hitting macOS Systems

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262 points fortran77 | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 00:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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consumerx ◴[20 Nov 24 06:32 UTC] No.42191294[source]▶
that's why you turn on Lockdown Mode or swap to Linux completely :)
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leoh ◴[20 Nov 24 06:34 UTC] No.42191303[source]▶
I have got to believe that there are some nasty zero days for linux
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1. proxynoproxy ◴[20 Nov 24 06:45 UTC] No.42191345[source]▶
The advantage of everyone running the same software and hardware platform is that you can concentrate on hardening that one system. The disadvantage is that vulnerability is universal.

The advantage of everyone running a disparate environment of many of different libraries and binaries is that vulnerability is likely unique. The disadvantage is there are many more opportunities for the researcher to find vulnerability in the mess.

Choose your poison, the only secure system is powered down.

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2. notactuallyben ◴[20 Nov 24 10:34 UTC] No.42192576[source]▶
Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel would have a similar impact to a macOS kernel bug. It’s a myth that “more eyes means more secure” for OSS ;-) - it can be true, but often that’s not the reason