就在其CEO声称苹果在安全性方面落后微软10年后不久，卡巴斯基实验室（Kaspersky Lab）透露，目前正与苹果合作调查苹果操作系统的安全问题。”苹果公司最近邀请我们改进它的安全性我们已经开始分析苹果的漏洞，以及针对它的恶意软件。”Grebennikov引用了最近的Flashback特洛伊木马，它影响了超过60万Mac用户，证明“苹果的安全模式并不完美。”他还相信，在未来一年内，我们可能会看到iOS上出现第一个恶意软件实例。当然，尽管Grebennikov的评估可能是正确的，但也需要注意的是，他的公司销售反病毒软件，因此从提高安全性方面可以获得不少好处。苹果在今年夏天晚些时候推出Mountain Lion时，还将推出一款名为Gatekeeper的新安全功能，该功能将通过简化只安装无恶意软件的认证应用程序来解决其中一些问题。

最新消息：卡巴斯基实验室说，计算把它的声明断章取义了。根据一份声明，首席技术官尼古拉·格雷本尼科夫（Nikolai Grebennikov）表示，对Mac OS X的安全性分析是独立于苹果公司进行的，“但接着指出，对于卡巴斯基实验室在研究中发现的问题，苹果公司“愿意与我们合作”。格雷本尼科夫的完整声明如下。

On Monday, April 14, Computing.co.uk published an article titled “Apple OS ‘really vulnerable’ claims Kaspersky Lab CTO” that includes an inaccurate quote regarding Apple and Kaspersky Lab. The article reports that Kaspersky Lab had “begun the process of ****ysing the Mac OS platform at Apple's request” to identify vulnerabilities. This statement was taken out of context by the magazine – Apple did not invite or solicit Kaspersky Lab’s assistance in ****yzing the Mac OS X platform. Kaspersky Lab has contacted Computing.co.uk to correct its article.

The following statement from Nikolay Grebennikov, Chief Technology Officer, Kaspersky Lab, clarifies this misrepresentation:

“As Mac OS X market share continues to increase, we expect cyber-criminals to continue to develop new types of malware and attack methods. In order to meet these new threats, Kaspersky Lab has been conducting an in-depth ****ysis of Mac OS X vulnerabilities and new forms of malware.

This security ****ysis of Mac OS X was conducted independently of Apple; however, Apple is open to collaborating with us regarding new Mac OS X vulnerabilities and malware that we identify during our ****ysis.

Kaspersky Lab is committed to providing the highest level of security for all of our customers, including Mac OS X, and we will continue to enhance our technologies in order to meet the ever-changing threat landscape.”

内森·英格拉汉姆对这份报告作出了贡献。