Ah we saw this coming didn’t we, back in June we reported on Apple Struggling With Security & Malware and now they have shown they were paying attention.
Even though they tried to do so quietly, they are slipping a ‘malware detector’ into the latest OS X update known as Snow Leopard.
The problem is though, it [...]
It’s inevitable as Apple products become more and more popular they will get targeted by the bad guys. Count on more viruses, malware, exploits and rootkits for Apple Operating Systems.
They are a bit behind in the curve as they don’t have a formal security program and it’s unknown if they use secure development practices (they [...]
Judging by figures alone, Vista is more secure than Mac OSX and Linux? I somehow find this a rather strange claim, I guess these things are always subjective.
Most numbers can be moulded into any shape you want, and can show any result you like.
According to the numbers given in a new report from Microsoft, Windows [...]
What a surprise, McAfee spreading FUD to sell more copies of their bloated AV software?
Apart from the fact I think the whole AV model is flawed i.e. it can only protect against things the AV companies 1) know about 2) have written a definition for and 3) have delivered the definition to you – That’s [...]
The fact is Windows is getting ripped apart with viruses, spamware, spyware, zombie clients, trojans worms and whatever else you can think of.
Mac and Linux aren’t (at the moment), there are already Bluetooth viruses, so why not Linux and Mac..
Some may say it’s because they are inherently more secure, the architecture and user privelege seperationg [...]
As the German IT portal heise online conveys, a new security hole in the Safari webbrowser for Apple’s Mac OS X has been discovered. This security hole is rather severe, as it invokes the execution of shell scripts under certain circumstances.
Once again the Safari option “open ’safe’ files automatically after download†bears the blame. If [...]
