Didn’t take long for Safari to take the headlines again. Yesterday, Safari generated a fair amount of press by releasing a Windows beta version. For better or for worse, this brought about the close scrutiny of many people. Naysayers were quick to respond, telling that even Mac users don’t use Safari.

To make matters worse, security experts tested and subsequently released information of its vulnerabilities - for both OSX and Windows beta. Porting to Windows represent a double edged sword, you’ll get a slice of the market share while security exploiters will pay more attention as well. Were it not for the decision to port Safari to Windows, we believe that Safari would’ve remain relatively more secure (in the ’security by obscurity’ sense).

Sources:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=283
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9728500-7.html
http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours/
http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2007/06/niiiice.html

Tags: Apple, Beta, Browser, Hacking, News, OS X, Safari, Security, Software, Windows

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