By ray | November 7, 2007
There was news last week of a piece of malware targeting OS X. It’s called OSX.RSPlug.A (a.k.a. DNSChanger) and it’s a trojan distributed through porn sites (no puns). A lot was made of the fact that this *could* redirect browsers to malicious websites, such as phishing sites.
The only real news here was that OS X [...]
By ray | October 31, 2007
The default OS X install has always annoyed me with it’s security holes. Since I did a fresh install of OS X 10.5 Leopard it was necessary for me to go through and change those settings. Here’s what I changed.
Under security preferences I enable requiring a logon when returning from sleep or screen saver and [...]
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By ray | October 24, 2007
Now’s a good time to review the new security features Apple is adding to Leopard. Besides, between the site upgrade and Leopard prep I didn’t have time to put together another security topic.
Apple has 11 new security features listed on their “300+ New Features” page. Some of the non-security features seem to be padding for [...]
By ray | October 17, 2007
OpenDNS is a standalone DNS service that anyone can use. The term “Open” in this case means open to anyone, not open source. When you switch to the OpenDNS servers for name resolution you’ll stop using your ISP’s servers and you’ll be using the OpenDNS servers. This could provide a performance benefit if your ISP’s [...]
By ray | October 10, 2007
Microsoft released five desktop security patches this month, 4 rated as critical and 1 rated important. All supported desktop OS’s get patched along with Internet Explorer and Outlook Express/Windows Mail. Even Mac users may need a patch. They also released one patch that was only for servers.
Bulletin MS07-060 is for Office 2000, Office XP and [...]
Back in Security Quest #2 I talked about the PayPal Security Key. The PayPal Security Key can also be registered and used with OpenID through Verisign’s Personal Identity Provider (PIP) program.
OpenID is a URL that serves as an ID to establish your identity although it doesn’t establish trust. OpenID is still in it’s infancy and [...]
