Apple’s OS X and Open Source BSD Named Most Secure Operating Systems   - 1,556 Views, 1 Comment

Previous Article « Microsoft Says “IE URL Spoofability Not a Problem”
Read Next Article » For Many, Blogs Were First Line of Information During the Election

  Follow Anne on Twitter     Friend Anne on Facebook

British security firm Mi2g has, after an intensive year-long study, named Apple OS X and Open Source BSD as the most secure and resistant to security breach operating systems one can use in a 24/7 computing environment.

The study of more than 235,000 computer systems world-wide included everything from personal and home-business systems to those belonging to and servicing multi-million dollar corporations.

Linux was the system most often successfully attacked, accounting for more than 65% of all security breaches, with Microsoft Windows coming in second at just over 25% (which is a bit concerning considering that ATMs are moving to Windows).

The number of successful attacks against OSX and BSD combined was just below 5%. Apple’s OSX runs BSD under the hood, and so is considered to be a flavor of BSD.

Apple’s OS X and Open Source BSD Named Most Secure Operating Systems

 Follow Anne on Twitter

 Twitter Explained in Plain English

 Friend Anne on Facebook

Previous Article « Microsoft Says “IE URL Spoofability Not a Problem”
Read Next Article » For Many, Blogs Were First Line of Information During the Election

Read more:

»  Windows Vista Virus Just a Shell Game (Danom is just a Monad Nomad)

»  Microsoft Code Thief William Genovese Jr Meant No IllWill

»  Open Source Web Browsers Taking Bite Out of Windows IE

»  Microsoft Kills Support for Microsoft Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 98SE

For additional similar stories check out our archives on Everything Else

NOTE: We never, ever, ever will recommend any product or service on this site that we have not regularly used ourselves and do not wholeheartedly believe in. That said, in some cases after being very pleased with a product or service, we may enter into a relationship with the provider of that product or service such that if someone purchases that product or service based on our recommendation, we may get a small payment. Such payments go towards the upkeep of the Internet Patrol.