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Apple, how secure are you?

Posted on June 20, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple, how secure are you?

We all know that Mac fanatics claim how secure Mac OSX is. Is it really that secure though? The last couple of months have not bee kind to OSX. The Mac operating system has seen its first round of widespread malware. Apple has been busy playing whack-a-mole trying to stop it. The Mac fanbois have…

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Apple, Security

Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Posted on May 26, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple fanbois: Remember the Titanic

Apple finally admits to the MacDefender scareware and puts out instructions on how to prevent it. Too bad that within a couple of days there was a new variant that makes the instructions obsolete. Ed Bott continues to report on this on his Microsoft Blog over on ZDNet, and to much hatred from the Mac…

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Apple: Fanatics and Malware

Posted on May 19, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Apple: Fanatics and Malware

Ed Bott (@edbott Twitter) at ZDNet has been feeling the wrath for the MacFanatics after he reported, “According to a report from a Danish IT security company, an underground group has completed work on a fully operational kit specifically designed to build malware aimed at the Mac OS platform. ” Lets get some things straight….

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