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Apple encourages antivirus applications for your Mac

If you ask a worker at the Apple Store about antivirus software for the Mac, you may hear that you don’t need it at all because, “Macs don’t get viruses.” However, this information may no longer hold true. At least Apple itself doesn’t think so. According to a recently published knowledge base article from Apple, more »

Trojan on the loose for Mac OS X, still isn’t practical

Security firm and software creator Intego has announced this week that a new trojan for the Mac is on the loose and is known as RSPlug.D, a different form of the RSPlug.A trojan. How does it work? First, you must go to a malicious website, particularily some porn sites. Then, when the “Video ActiveX Object more »

Beefed up iPhone security on the horizon?

A recent career opening from Apple for a job entitled “iPhone Security Engineer” can only mean that Apple wants to improve the security on their iPhones. This full time job would have the employee working at Apple’s Cupertino office. What’s to be expected? The employee would have to “… validate the security architecture for the more »