Apple Hires Ex Microsoft Security Expert To Beef Up OS X
I’ve been very critical of Apple in the past because it hasn’t taken security seriously. That seems to be changing. Apple Insider is reporting that ex Microsoft security hacker Kristin Paget is now an Apple employee:
When employed by Microsoft, Paget worked alongside a small team of hackers tasked to find security holes in Windows Vista before the OS was released to the public in 2007, reports Wired. The group apparently found so many flaws that Vista’s launch date was pushed back while fixes were put in place.
According to her LinkedIn profile, as of September Paget is listed as being a “Core OS Security Researcher at Apple” based out of Cupertino. Previously, she held the position of chief hacker at security firm Recursion Ventures, but said in June that she wanted to find a job building “security-focused hardware.”
Well. It’s good to see Apple finally take security seriously. Lord knows that with threats like Flashback that it’s days of being secure by being obscure are surely numbered.
Now if Oracle will step up to the security plate to fix all the holes in Java…
April 23, 2014 at 10:58 pm
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