Technologizer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle this week about a subject that crops up every so often and is always good for some spirited debate: Whether Mac users should be as proactive about protecting themselves against security attacks as their Windows-using friends. The Washington Post’s Brian Krebs noticed Apple recommending the use of anti-virus [...]
Chuqui 3.0 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apple says users should install anti-virus software | MacUser | Macworld: Nevertheless, the Washington Post's Brian Krebs noticed a November 21 technical note published on the Apple website that reads: Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple anti-virus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process...
securosis.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
This Sunday’s Arizona Republic picked up Brian Krebs’ article in the Washington Post about thieves tapping into home equity lines of credit. This is very interesting- not just because it means there are people out there who actually still have home equity, but that also because it is a very simple con with potentially devastating [...]
US News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... suggesting publicly the Mac is safe. Safer than Windows, perhaps. But there is no question that Brian Krebs did us a service by unearthing the latest Apple notice and trumpeting it on the .Every PC should have anti-malware installed, if for nothing else than increased Web threats. It is hardly a "big to-do about nothing," as a headline suggests. In the same article, security expert...
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | yesterday
... both available from the Apple Online Store, and McAfee VirusScan for Mac. Just three months ago Brian Krebs, who first noticed the notice and in Washington Post, bought a MacBook and was told by Apple employees that he didn't need antivirus software.Similarly, Apple ads have long indicated that Apple is immune to viruses.So what caused Apple to change its tune? One major factor appears...
Computerworld Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Tuesday's , Richi Jennings watches Apple tell Mac users that they should use anti-virus software. Not to mention the Slinky Kitteh...Brian Krebs reports:In a notable shift, Apple is now recommending that Mac users install anti-virus software to help users secure their systems ... This is news to me. Just under three months ago, I asked an employee at our local Apple store whether I...
Computer World (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Tuesday's , Richi Jennings watches Apple tell Mac users that they should use anti-virus software. Not to mention the Slinky Kitteh...Brian Krebs reports:In a notable shift, Apple is now recommending that Mac users install anti-virus software to help users secure their systems ... This is news to me. Just under three months ago, I asked an employee at our local Apple store whether I...
ZDNet UK Highlights (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 for Macintosh, both available from the Apple Online Store; and McAfee VirusScan for Mac.Brian Krebs, on the Apple antivirus recommendation on Monday in his Security Fix blog at The Washington Post, said an Apple store employee told him he didn't need antivirus software when he purchased a MacBook three months ago.For years, Apple has enjoyed a period free from concern over viruses,...
Liquidmatrix Security Digest (Free subscription) | yesterday
... No operating system is 100% secure and they won’t be any time soon. I had a similar encounter to Brian Krebs, when I got my Macbook, with an Apple store employee where I was told that “antivirus isn’t necessary on a Mac”. Hmm. So, you can look at it like this. You can use security on your systems or you can drink the $VENDOR koolaid of your choice. Article Link
UMBC eBiquity (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Just like Freddy Kreuger, botnets are are to kill. In a series of posts on his Security Fix blog, Brian Krebs provides a good explanation of how the Srizbi botnet was able to come back to life after being killed (we thought!) earlier this month. “The botnet Srizbi was knocked offline Nov. 11 along with Web-hosting firm [...]
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... running ads pointing out how Mac users don’t need to worry about such silly things as viruses. As Brian Krebs says in a post about this today Just under three months ago, I asked an employee at our local Apple store whether I needed anti-virus for my MacBook, and was told not to bother, that it was not necessary. I wonder if this means Apple will stop running television ads saying...
U.S. PIRG Consumer Blog (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Over at the Washington Post, Brian Krebs has a story Thieves Stole Identities to Tap Home Equity. He calls it "high-tech" mixed with "old-fashioned con-artistry." The cases highlight what the FBI calls an "emerging scheme" afflicting the struggling real estate and mortgage market. In such crimes, thieves target people with good credit and large, untapped home-equity lines of credit,...
CEOWORLD Magazine (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Lifecycle Burton Group Spire Security Viewpoint The Secure Software Zone Bloggers: Barmak Meftah, Brian Chess, Michael Armistead, Jacob West, Roger Thornton, Rob Rachwald Michael Howard’s Web Log Brian Krebs on Computer Security Schneier on Security Blogger: Bruce Schneier The Cigital Software Security and Quality Blog Bloggers: Pravir Chandra, Jeremy Epstein, Scott Matsumoto, Gary...
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
By Brian Krebs Wash. Post /Security Fix Section November 24, 2008 Extortionists targeting clients of Express Scripts -- one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefits management firms -- may have inadvertently picked a fight for which they were ill-prepared. Security Fix has learned that among the company's biggest customers is the federal government, and specifically almost every federal...
