Apple worms & bugs

We all (not just Mac users) keep hearing Apple computers are so much safer. So a couple of security researchers inaugurated the Apple "month of bugs" to find security flaws – one each day this month - in the Apple operating system and application software like Safari, iTunes, etc., PC World reports. The researchers say in their FAQ this is "an effort to improve Mac OS X." each day this month. The kick-off, January 1 flaw involved the QuickTime media player. Washington Post security writer Brian Krebs reports that the flaw's "potential for abuse presents a serious security threat to both Windows and Mac users." Meanwhile, a former Apple software engineer has offered to provide patch a patch a day for the "month of bugs," CNET reports . He has already provided two, CNET adds. Not that Microsoft can snicker too much over all this. Brian Krebs later reported that the Internet Explorer browser was "unsafe for 284 days in 2006."