Apple's commercials may give the impression that Macs are virus-free but the company isn’t taking any chances with the newest Mac OS X refresh.
Apple has quietly added a new Snow Leopard feature to scan software downloads for malware, a no-brainer move that coincides with a noticeable spike in malicious files embedded in pirated copies of Mac-specific software. Read the full story [zdnet.com]
*Composite Snow Leopard image via Kepa's Flickr photostream.
Ryan Naraine is a security writer social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He also blogs at ZDNet and previously served as Editor-at-Large/Security at eWEEK and senior editor at Jupiter Media's internetnetnews.com. On this blog, Ryan provides in-depth coverage of hacker attacks, vulnerability research, flaw warnings and news analysis. Follow Ryan on Twitter.
Contact Ryan
ThreatPost was mentioned - "Twitter Mention - DMor2: miXSS... the new breed of Cross-Site attacks (via @Threatpost) http://bit.ly/9G3K1S #security #..." 2:06pm # ThreatPost was mentioned - "Twitter Mention - alvarado69: RT @threatpost: Former CISO of Pennsylvania Robert Maley explains why he was really fired ..." 2:00pm # ThreatPost was mentioned - "Twitter Mention - alvarado69: RT @threatpost: A new XSS attack that exploits commonly used network admin tools could be ..." 2:00pm # ThreatPost was mentioned - "Twitter Mention - alvarado69: RT @threatpost: Medicaid CIO said the level of security for most companies is embarrassing..." 1:59pm # ThreatPost was mentioned - "Twitter Mention - alvarado69: RT @threatpost:JoannaRutkowskaReleasedNewOpenSource OS to provide isolation of the OS's co..." 1:55pm #
