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Apple's antivirus advice 'big to-do about nothing,' says researcher

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2008-12-02 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Apple recently recommended that Mac users consider running antivirus software -- a move some see as a change of heart by a company that has poked fun at rival Windows for being susceptible to attacks
 
Tags: mac users, rival windows, antivirus software, apple recently, poked fun, attacks, heart, change, move
 
 
 
 
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Mac Hacked in 2 Minutes, Apple is a lame patcher

2008-03-27 22:02:09 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
...Apple and Microsoft to patch there disclosed vulnerabilities. Apple sadly has a ways to go. I think they are still at the Microsoft in 1999 phase. Hopefully they wake up Link Related Posts Open Social App hacked 45 minutes after release This TechCrunch article outlines how some exploited a vulnerability in a Open Social application to Mr....
 
Tags: apple, security, leopard security concerns, lame patcher, lame, apple sadly, worst security, apple blocks, minutes
 
 
 
 
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Stopbadware Scolds Apple Over Safari Carpet Bomb

2008-05-23 18:11:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Apple to beef up its Safari Web browser to protect users from exploits that could let attackers download malicious code to a Mac or Windows users desktop Stopbadware.org, a group founded by Google, Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and Sun, on Monday asked Apple to reconsider its refusal to address the flaw as a security problem...
 
Tags: apple, users, stopbadware, windows users desktop, encourage apple, security issue, protect users, safari web browser, org
 
 
 
 
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Apple Patches for Apache, Flash and More

2008-05-30 10:20:00 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...Apple just put out earlier this week for Adobe Flash. The security update also covers other software too. From SecurityFocus The update patches eight vulnerabilities in the open-source Apache Web server and seven vulnerabilities in Adobes Flash Player plug-in. While the Apache flaws amount to, at most, cross-site scripting attacks, the Flash...
 
Tags: apple, flash player flaws, flaws, adobe flash player, code execution, adobe flash, remote code execution, security advisory, apache flaws amount
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Army Installing Apple Computers

2008-01-07 06:21:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Apple machines are still pricier than their Windows counterparts, the added security they offer might be worth the cost, says Wallington. He points out that Apple's X Serve servers, which are gradually becoming more commonplace in Army data centers, are proving their mettle. "Those are some of the most attacked computers there are. But the...
 
Tags: apple, apple machines, machines, army data centers, computers, serve servers, windows counterparts, attacks, worth
 
 
 
 
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Xobni: But can it core an apple?

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2008-02-13 12:20:17 by HASH0x8471c6c in StillSecure, After All These Years
...apple". Well, anyway Xobni will not core an apple, it does not even work on Macs, unless you are running Windows/Outlook in Parallels. But it does kick your Outlook experience up not one, but two and even three notches As Mitchell says it allows for organizing your data in Outlook in ways that put much more information at your fingertips...
 
Tags: xobni, outlook, outlook user, outlook experience, cool outlook plug, plug, report false metrics, core, metrics
 
 
 
 
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Xobni: But can it core an apple?

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2008-02-13 13:19:50 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...apple". Well, anyway Xobni will not core an apple, it does not even work on Macs, unless you are running Windows/Outlook in Parallels. But it does kick your Outlook experience up not one, but two and even three notches As Mitchell says it allows for organizing your data in Outlook in ways that put much more information at your fingertips...
 
Tags: xobni, outlook, outlook user, outlook experience, cool outlook plug, plug, report false metrics, core, metrics
 
 
 
 
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IT wishes for Apple's iPhone event

2008-03-05 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3829c in Network World on Security
 
...Apple's planned iPhone SDK and enterprise announcements less than 24 hours away, it's time to focus on potential IT developments coming out of Thursday's press briefing. While there's been plenty of focus on the promised Software Development Kit likely to get unveiled, few have really focused on the second-half of Apple's planned agenda, the...
 
Tags: apple, software development kit, focus, iphone sdk, enterprise features, enterprise announcements, plenty, promises, hours
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft vs. Apple: Who patches zero-days faster?

2008-03-27 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Apple's more excitable fan contingent isn't going to like the news from a group of independent researchers who examined 1396 vulnerabilities to see which company -- Microsoft or Apple -- is quicker on the patching draw
 
Tags: apple, excitable fan contingent, microsoft, independent researchers, draw, quicker, vulnerabilities, news, company
 
 
 
 
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Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update Posted

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2007-11-27 18:17:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog