April 9th, 2012 at 8:54AM
link:  What You Need To Know About The Flashback Trojan | Macworld

Macworld’s excellent reporting on the recent Mac-oriented Flashback trojan. The attack exploits a vulnerability in Java, which isn’t installed by default on Macs running Snow Leopard. However, many Macs still run Java, and most are probably still vulnerable due to the fact that Apple has only recently released the required patch for Java. 

One takeaway:

Apple clearly needs to start patching software that’s known to be vulnerable more quickly. After the success of Flashback, we can only assume the bad guys will move more quickly the next time they are given this window of opportunity
#mac#malware#apple#patch#java
February 25th, 2011 at 1:13PM
Cool! All-new FileVault for Mac OS X Lion. Can’t wait to get my hands on it and test it out, but it looks like it adds a lot of previously-missing features like external drive encryption.  If you’re a fanboi like me, go check out the preview site for Lion at Apple.com.

Cool! All-new FileVault for Mac OS X Lion. Can’t wait to get my hands on it and test it out, but it looks like it adds a lot of previously-missing features like external drive encryption. 

If you’re a fanboi like me, go check out the preview site for Lion at Apple.com.

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