Mr
Kaspersky (co-founder of the antivirus) thinks that in the very near future
the bad guys making crapware are going to end up with the security bubble Linux and Mac users have these days. I partially agree.
I think he and many others are right to think that targeting Windows is the most effective way of spreading a virus because it's present on most computers out there. But the more Linux and Macs grow, the bigger the reward will be for whoever cracks them down. Same old story as with Firefox.
But what the article doesn't say is that out of the 3 one is Open Source. And that's a big deal to me. Finding bugs in Open Source projects is indeed veeeeery easy. You can either go to their
bug tracking system, check out the
change log or simply diff the latest version with the previous one. Piece of cake. Now you know what security bugs they've fixed so the only thing remaining is finding out previous version already installed and you are good to crack.
So, what you think it's more secure, Firefox that makes all this information publicly available or IE with its
security through obscurity? I have no doubt.