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How to keep Mac OS X’s safe downloads list up-to-date

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Dec

2011

Did you know that Mac OS X includes some very basic protection against malicious downloads? When you download an application via Safari or an attachment in Mail and then try to open it, Apple checks the file against its “safe downloads list” (sometimes called “XProtect.plist” after its file name) to ensure it doesn’t contain any […]

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Apple’s OS X sandbox has a gaping hole – or not

14

Nov

2011

Argentinian security company Core Labs (which is the core research group, if you will pardon the pun, of US-based Core Security Technologies) has just published a critique of Apple’s attitude to security. In an article entitled A Tale of Two Advisories, the Core Labs researchers discuss vulnerabilities disclosed to Adobe and Apple, and the response […]

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You practice safe computing, so why do you still see malware?

13

Nov

2011

Quite regularly, I get feedback from our customers that they’ve found malware on their computer, and don’t know how it got there. While you may think this is due to malware exploiting unpatched bugs in the Windows operating system, it isn’t: these customers are predominantly using OS X, and they usually have all the latest […]

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