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The Mac Cybercrime Immunity Fallacy November 21, 2009 
Recently, ESET commissioned a poll to identify the knowledge, beliefs and experiences of Americans with respect to cybercrime. One of the findings was that 2 percent of Americans think that PCs are not vulnerable to cybercrime, while 9 percent feel a Mac is not vulnerable to cybercrime.
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Snow Leopard Smashes Atom November 10, 2009 
Apple on Monday issued its latest update to its Snow Leopard operating system. Mac OS X 10.6.2 fixes a slew of bugs and glitches that users had been complaining about. It also froze out Intel's Atom chip, leaving "hackintosh" users -- people who use do-it-yourself methods to run Mac OS X on Intel-powered netbooks -- out in the cold.
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New Worm Gives Jailbroken iPhones the Ol' Rickroll November 10, 2009 
Although it apparently causes no actual harm besides a trivial annoyance, a worm that hits jailbroken iPhones has security researches worried. The so-called Ikee worm was discovered by security researchers recently. It installs a picture of pop singer Rick Astley and displays the message "Ikee is never going to give you up" on victims' iPhones.
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McAfee Gives Enterprise Macs a Bodyguard November 02, 2009 
If you believe those ads from Apple, malware should be the farthest thing from the mind of a Mac owner. Chances are, though, you're not going to find a lot of believers among IT professionals. That's why a major malware fighter like McAfee has released a new security product to protect Macs in corporate networks from black hat attacks.
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Apple and Google on Brain Vacation August 10, 2009 
Summer is a time to relax, a time to take a vacation, a time to do things you can't do during the work year. However, I'm not sure any time is a good time to send your brain on vacation, and I'm starting to wonder if the leaders at Google and Apple have done just that.
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Security, Sanity and Social Networking in the Ranks August 07, 2009 
U.S. military service members who want to keep up with friends and family back home have often turned to social networking Web sites to stay in touch. But the Department of Defense hasn't quite made up its mind whether these kinds of sites are friends or enemies. It definitely loves social networking when it comes to recruiting -- you can follow or friend any and all branches if you're thinking about joining up.
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Mac OS X Update Polishes Its Image August 06, 2009 
In what may be the last significant OS X update Apple pushes out before the arrival of Snow Leopard, the company on Wednesday released Security Update 2009-003 to fix flaws in the platform. As with other security updates, this one, known as "OS X.10.5.8," can be downloaded and installed through Mac users' Software Update preferences or from Apple Downloads.
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Apple Seals iPhone's SMS Security Leak July 31, 2009 
Could something as simple as an SMS text message turn your own smartphone against you, allowing a hacker to listen in on your private conversations or direct you to a malicious Web site? It can be done, according to security experts presenting their findings Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
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Why Apple Hates Jailbroken iPhones July 30, 2009 
Technologically curious iPhone owners have long been able to jailbreak the device -- in other words, unlock the software to allow third-party applications to run on the iPhone without the approval of Apple. Apple has always discouraged the practice, and its latest memo on jailbreaking iPhones claims that such software modifications could crash cellphone towers.
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Just Because I'm Paranoid Doesn't Mean My Mac Is Secure June 25, 2009 
I was buying a fully loaded Mac to replace the 4-year-old Mac I had at home. Along with Microsoft Office for the Mac, I also wanted to buy a standard security AV and firewall application. The salesperson's response? Not necessary. I was sufficiently chastened by the $2,000-plus tab I had racked up that afternoon to let it go. But years of writing about online security had made me paranoid.
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Agile Turns Labor of Necessity Into Best Seller June 22, 2009 
When some PC users move to a Mac, they occasionally can't find an Apple analog for a bread-and-butter application they had in the Windows world. In those cases, most users learn to live without their cherished app. The folks at Agile Web Solutions, though, learned how to build a business on theirs.
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Apple Goes Gaga on Security With OS X Update May 13, 2009
With the release of Mac OS X 10.5.7 Wednesday, Apple appears to have acknowledged a raft of security issues surrounding its operating system. The latest updated version of the Mac operating system addresses bugs, improves support, and contains 47 security fixes, by the count of security software vendor Intego.
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Mac Security in the Oval Office - or Any Office March 30, 2009 
President Obama: We hear that your new team is having challenges in getting their Macs integrated into the White House network. Some recent news stories mentioned application compatibility as one of the hassles, but we'd be willing to bet that the bigger challenge is security.
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Apple Update Swats Bugs Large and Small December 16, 2008
Apple has released its latest update for Mac OS X, bringing the version numbers up to 10.5.6. Depending on a user's destination Mac, the update ranges from 190 MB or so up to a staggering 668 MB "combo" update, which tends to be used in organizations that plan to update multiple different Macs. The update includes dozens of general operating system fixes that enhance stability, compatibility and security.
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Update to Apple's 18-Month-Old AV Doc Sparks Uproar December 02, 2008 
Apple's Mac OS X operating system has long been lauded as virus resistant, if not downright virus and malware free. Over the years that has perhaps changed -- at least a little. If any Mac-focused bugs have popped up, though, none have turned into marauding swarms of locusts. However, recent reports about an official support document found on Apple's Web site have reignited the Mac security issue.
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iPods, iPhones and the Enterprise Data Clampdown November 24, 2008 
It's a safe bet that most enterprise employees don't haul their personal laptops into the workplace. However, with the ever-increasing capabilities of iPods and iPhones these days, are workers introducing new issues for IT security? The Apple iPod touch now comes with a whopping 32 GB of storage space and built-in WiFi capable of attaching to nearly ubiquitous corporate wireless networks.
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