Security
Apple strengthened Mac OS X by implementing stack protection, and sandboxing more Mac OS X components such as the H.264 decoder in QuickTime and browser plug-ins as a separate process in Safari. An anti-malware feature was also added to the system that alerts the user if malware is detected. Mac OS X 10.6.8 added daily malware definition updates.
Computer security researcher Charlie Miller claims that OS X Snow Leopard is more vulnerable to attack than Microsoft Windows for lacking full address space layout randomization (ASLR) since Mac OS X Leopard, a technology that Microsoft started implementing in Windows Vista.
The Safari web browser has received updates to version 6.0 in Lion and Mountain Lion, but not in Snow Leopard.
Read more about this topic: Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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