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  • Developers Struggle to Defend Macs From 'Zero Day' Attacks

    05/10/2006 5:16:08 PM PDT · by Swordmaker · 8 replies · 354+ views
    MacNewsWorld - Mac Intelligence for the Enterprise ^ | 05/10/06 5:00 AM PT | By Gene J. Koprowski
    "Organizations are looking to network access control solutions that leverage endpoint intelligence to deliver continuous protection against worms, spyware, malicious behavior and endpoint configurations that slip out of compliance," said Eric Ogren, security analyst at the Enterprise Security Group. Mac users are facing an onslaught of security threats -- and reacting to the malware is no longer considered a good strategy. Taking proactive measures agains phishers, spyware, ID thieves and other Web threats, like downloadable rootkits which infest operating systems, is the new norm. During a conference call with reporters, experts affiliated with the SANS Institute indicated that there has...
  • Reduce OS X security threats - ignore security software

    05/05/2006 10:57:49 PM PDT · by Swordmaker · 10 replies · 312+ views
    ZDNet UK ^ | May 05, 2006, 16:20 BST
    McAfee wants you to buy into its picture of Macintosh security. We prefer an alternate reality We were intrigued to receive a press release from McAfee today, warning us of vulnerabilities in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Not only were these vulnerabilities growing at an alarming rate, said the release, but "as more companies deploy Mac systems running on the Intel platform in mixed environments, the risk of infection will most likely increase." Fortunately for all of us, a second release had the answer: "McAfee today announced antivirus support for Intel-based Apple computers. " Phew. At last, the world...