How to Save Mac OS X From Malware

eXchange writes "Well-known hacker Dino Dai Zovi has written an article at ZDNet discussing last week's discovery of a critical threat to Mac OS X, and another announcement of a Trojan horse exploiting this discovery. He suggests that Snow Leopard, or Mac OS X 10.6, should integrate more robust means of preventing malware attacks. Some of the suggestions he has include mandatory code-signing for kernel extensions (so only certified kernel extensions can run), sandbox policies for Safari, Mail, and third-party applications (so these applications cannot do anything to the system), and some lower-level changes, such as hardware-enforced Non-eXecutable memory and address space layout randomization."

Comments

Re:Just by Windows

[Gewalt]

If I look out my window, there's an apple tree. bBut perhaps that's not what OP meant. /shrug

ba dump ump

[fred fleenblat]

No word yet on MacOS 10.8 Cougar, to be designed with the "active" older woman in mind.

Re:Summary For The Lazy

[Anonymous Coward]

Whoa there, tiger. Don't you mean "whoa there, leopard"?

Or "whoa there, snow leopard"?