Leading hackers and security experts have Windows 7 more secure than the Mac OS, Snow Leopard classified by Apple.

The organizer of the hacking competition Pwn2Own is relatively certain: Microsoft’s Windows 7 is more secure than Apple’s Mac OS, Snow Leopard.Another weak point is Apple’s Safari browser.

Pwn2Own is a hacker competition in which the best hacker in order to cash prizes of up to $ 100,000 to chop the bet. Aaron Portnoy, who is organizing the spectacle itself, ensuring that Apple’s Safari is cracked first. Also last year there were already the same competition and one of the participating hackers succeeded in a record 5 (enter!) Seconds on Safari on a Mac. The year before, was broken after less than 2 minutes a Macbook Air.

In both cases, the managed entry in Apple’s operating system via the Safari browser, which has proved to be a major flaw here and compared with Windows browsers Firefox and Internet Explorer has fallen significantly. A possible reason for this is also the high functionality of Safari. PDF and Flash can display the browser for example, by default. This can provide a greater target for hackers.

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