Full FeedApple TV movie rentals require HDCP for playback
HDCP is a new form of copy protection introduced with the HDMI platform, it stands for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection. According to Jeff Carlson from TidBITS, movie rentals on the Apple TV require HDCP. This means if the TV/monitor you’re using your Apple TV with isn’t HDCP-compliant, you won’t be… Continue Reading »
Computer users expect more Mac attacks
Mac users have been free of virus’ for about 31 years now, but 93% expect that Macs will have more malware and virus attacks. Sophos, a computer security company, conducted a survey with about 350 computer users and they believed that Apple’s Macintosh computers will be targeted more frequently in… Continue Reading »
QuickTime 7.4.1 updated with security fix
Apple today released yet another QuickTime 7 update - its main purpose being a security fix. The update is for Mac OS X Panther, Tiger, and Leopard as well as Microsoft Windows. The update secures QuickTime from the latest exploits and threats on both Mac OS X and Windows. Users… Continue Reading »
Microsoft Office 2008 Issue acknowledge, Fix Available
The Mac BU at Microsoft has acknowledged a security issue, and has released a fix, and plans to release an update. The problem is that the Microsoft Office Installer changes permissions for the Microsoft Office install and the Automator Library folder to user 502, or the second account created on… Continue Reading »
Microsoft employee finds Vista more secure than Tiger
Microsoft employee Jeff Jones has released his findings from a comparison of Vista, XP, OS X Tiger, and RedHat Linux. “Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report” by “Jeffrey R Jones, Security Guy (and Microsoft Director)” already has an inconclusive feel about it as soon as that title page is splashed… Continue Reading »
1password to offer auto-fill for your iPhone
Do you have an iPhone or iPod Touch? Then there’s good news for you. The makers of 1Password, Agile Web Solutions, are creating an auto-fill app for the iPhone. This means on your iPhone, typing passwords are a thing of the past. Instead, let 1Password fill it for you. They… Continue Reading »
Apple releases Security Update 2007-009 (again)
Déjà vu? You are probably wondering what’s going on here. Apple just released a Security Update a couple days ago. Why are they rereleasing it as Security Update 2007-009 1.1? On the surface, this update contains apparently no new features or bug fixes. Actually, the list of changes is exactly… Continue Reading »
The Army starts using Macs, more secure
Lieutenant Colonel C.J. Wallington is hoping the enemy won’t expect this army strategy: switching some of it’s computer base to Macs. The enemy, of course, is hackers. Wallington, who is a division chief for the Army’s office of enterprise information systems, says that the army is quietly slipping Macs into… Continue Reading »
iPhone security attacked at Black Hat
In a presentation at the Black Hat Security Conference (known for the Maynor Ellch MacBook fiasco), Charles Miller had a good rip into the security of the iPhone. Not literally but figuratively. He originally discovered a vulnerability in the iPhone that was fixed in the latest iPhone 1.0.1 software update.… Continue Reading »
FileGuard X4 public beta from Intego
Announced on Monday the public beta release of FileGuard X4, data protection software for Mac OS X provides “virtual safes” for files you want to keep confidential. Everyone has sensitive files on their Mac: confidential files for business, personal financial records, private e-mail and more. Unlike Apple’s own FileVault software,… Continue Reading »
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