Mac owners who used FileVault encryption prior to upgrading to OS X Lion and kept their data encrypted using the old version of FileVault are affected by a security issue, experts warn. Security researcher David Emery with DIE Consulting explains that, “Someone, for some unknown reason, turned on a debug switc... |
7 May 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Christian Kienle, the developer of several Mac apps, including Core Data Editor and Store News, claims to have discovered a security flaw in Preview.app, the default image and PDF viewer in Apple’s Mac OS X. A cut-to-the-chase video demonstration by Christian (embedded below the text) reveals the flaw could ac... |
8 September 2011
07:53 GMT |
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There is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) vulnerability in OS X 10.7 Lion that Apple has failed to patch in OS X 10.7.1, even though the flaw had already been discovered prior to the release of the software update, security experts are reporting.
According to security experts quoted by Macnn, the LDA... |
30 August 2011
04:21 GMT |
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NCP engineering has announced that its entry IPsec VPN client and centrally-managed enterprise VPN client suite now fully supports the latest version of Apple’s Mac OS - Lion.Founded in 1986, NCP engineering is responsible for some of the most innovative software that allows enterprises to rethink their remote ... |
19 August 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Softpedia has scored an interview with Mr. Ondřej Vlček, chief technology officer at AVAST Software, and learned that the software vendor is planning the release of a free antivirus solution for Mac OS X amid a growing concern regarding malware targeting the Apple user base.
The interview covers a number of import... |
15 March 2011
05:17 GMT |
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Core Security Technologies has issued an advisory days ahead of Apple’s Mac OS X 10.6.5 release, revealing information about a vulnerability that remains unfixed in Mac OS X 10.5.8, the latest version of Apple’s Leopard operating system for desktop and laptop computers.Entitled “Apple OS X ATSServer... |
10 November 2010
09:23 GMT |
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Mac security firm Intego has discovered what it identifies as “OSX/HellRTS.D,” the brainchild of a piece of Mac malware first spotted in 2004. Dubbed HellRTS, the malware opens a backdoor that allows remote users to take control of infected systems and perform actions on them, right after it is installed ... |
21 April 2010
10:36 GMT |
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Alongside a flurry of other important software updates recently emerged from Cupertino, a certain Security Update 2010-003 can now be downloaded from the Support Downloads section of Apple’s website. Available for Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6.3, Mac OS X Server v10.6.3, Security U... |
15 April 2010
03:01 GMT |
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Although it is generally believed that Macs are somewhat immune to malware, it has been proven that they are not. And Apple admits this, suggesting that it may be a good idea to employ antivirus software. However, Macs are, indeed, more secure than PCs. Whether it’s because of the software’s underlying ar... |
22 March 2010
09:47 GMT |
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Charlie Miller, a researcher for the Baltimore-based Internet Security Evaluators, has discovered new vulnerabilities in Apple’s Mac operating system, particularly mentioning the Preview application. As many as 30 such critical bugs (20 of which are present in Snow Leopard’s Preview) have been found by th... |
19 March 2010
08:03 GMT |
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