The flood of "news" regarding purported Mac OS X security flaws is starting to really annoy me. I'm not a zealot, nor am I so foolish as to think that OS X is completely immune to viruses, hackers, etc, but really, half truths and ommisions of critical information regarding these "trojans" and "hacks" doesn't serve anyone, unless the purpose is to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt (those staples of the industry).

It really isn't much of a trojan if a user is required to enter their root password in order for it to operate. And finding out that the widely circulated report of Mac OS X being hacked within 30 minutes required the "hacker" to have a local account and ssh access...well...forgot to mention that, eh?

I understand that everyone wants publicity, and to sell advertising, and that riding Apple's coattails is a proven way to do this, but please, tell the whole truth.