Tag Archives: Mac
Apple’s Patch Goes Sour
Apple Inc. issued patches for 17 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X yesterday, including one meant to fix a critical bug in the Internet’s traffic cop, the Domain Name System (DNS). The DNS patch didn’t patch anything, at least on the client side according to researchers. It’s back to the drawing board for Apple. I am [...]
Full StoryMore Businesses Using Mac
The Mac is growing steadily in the business world as almost 80% of businesses are using Macs in the workplace today. This is almost double the percentage that said they had users running Mac OS X two years ago, a research firm said. A recent survey conducted by Laura DiDio, a research fellow at Yankee [...]
Full StoryWhy Snow Leopard Will Bury Vista and Windows 7
For those of you who haven’t heard – Apple’s next iteration of the Mac OS X operating system (10.6) will be code-named “Snow Leopard.” Most users won’t notice a whole lot that will change from an aesthetic point of view in this release. Apple says most changes are “under the hood.” There you go again, [...]
Full StoryMAC OS Get’s Fitted for a Trojan
Though hackers target Macs far less frequently than Microsoft Windows PCs, doesn’t mean Mac users are in the clear by any means. Antivirus firm SecureMac claims to have discovered multiple variants of a Trojan horse being distributed from a hacker Web site. The site hosts a discussion on distributing the Trojan horse through iChat and [...]
Full StoryApple’s Response to Safari Security Flaw
On Friday, Microsoft security analysts warned Apple and their customers that the version of Safari compiled for Windows systems opened a security hole that could allow users to be “carpet-bombed” with files to their desktop, or on Mac systems the download folder. Apple’s response is basically that this issue is not a big deal, and [...]
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