As with many modern operating systems, OS X is relatively difficult to infect with self-propagating malware attacks like viruses or worms, so malware developers have resorted to social engineering and trickery, with Trojan horse programs being the main mode of attack on home computer systems. A Trojan horse is a…
Did Apple iTunes Help Spy on Users?
Three years. More than 1200 days. That’s how long transpired between the time that Apple was warned of a critical vulnerability and the time they actually patched it last month. It is the latest in a rising trend of false … Continue reading → Did Apple iTunes Help Spy on…
Top Stories: November 14-18, 2011 – America’s tech schizophrenia, why Apple fans don’t like Android, and the terrifying importance of embedded systems.
This week on O’Reilly: Doug Hill used Steve Jobs and Ted Kaczynski to examine America’s love/hate relationship with technology, Mike Loukides criticized mobile carriers for messing with Android’s UI, and engineer Elecia White shared her enthusiasm for embedded systems. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post…
(2) HIGH: Apple iOS FreeType Font Library Memory Corruption
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Apple iOS versions prior to 5.0.1 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security
Apple and Google told to improve smartphone security by Blue Coat
Blue Coat US vice president of cloud services Anthony James says the practice of “security by obscurity” on Apple iOS needs to improve as smartphone adoption increases, while he also criticised Google Android for its open operating system. James, an ex-pat Australian who has worked in the US for 10…
Understanding Apple fans – There’s a gap between Google’s version of Android what the mobile carriers deliver.
AT&T and other carriers are not helping Android, or themselves, by turning a great product into a second-rate one. And maybe I’m getting soft in my old age, but I now understand what Apple fans hate about Android. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on…
Apple devices again proving to be a secure choice
In the era of the personal computer, Apple Inc.’s machines were often less vulnerable to security threats than the alternatives. That may also be the case with the rise of smart phones. Google Inc.’s Android operating system for mobile devices has had an almost sixfold increase in threats such as…
Apple Boots Security Researcher for Rogue App
In a move to prove that Apple’s App Store could be stocked with apps containing malicious code, a notable security researcher put a rogue app into the store. Now, that notable security researcher is banned from Apple’s developer program. View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results…
Apple boots iOS developer for exposing a security bug (Digital Trends)
Companies like Google and Facebook reward hackers with monetary incentives for finding bugs and security holes in their software. Apple has taken the opposite approach. TG Daily reports that security researcher Charlie Miller was ousted from the iOS developer program after revealing a security flaw in iPhones and iPads. He…
(2) MEDIUM: Apple QuickTime Multiple Vulnerabilities
Category: Widely Deployed Software Affected: Apple QuickTime prior to 7.7.1 View full post on @RISK: The Consensus Security Alert View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans