Improved MacCuff mini secures Mac mini

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Macworld The steel MacCuff mini secures the Mac mini to the back of a display, under a desk or under a table. It includes a 33cm DVI-to-VGA monitor cable and two cable ties to secure the cables to the bracket. It features an open-frame design that provides for normal Wi-Fi ...

Connect: Configure Leopard’s firewall

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) While OS X has long included basic firewall software, Leopard introduced some significant changes to it, leaving many Leopard users confused as to how to keep their Macs secure. But though the firewall interface in Mac OS X 10.5 is indeed quite different from that in earlier versions of ...

Apple Releases Security Update 2008-002 v1.0

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

(Via 123 Mac Mini.) Apple has released Security Update 2008-002 v1.0 for Tiger (PPC and Universal) and Leopard via Mac OS X's Software Update utility and on the Web.

Security: VLC Media Player 0.8.6e

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

(Via MacInTouch.) The cross-platform multimedia player addresses security vulnerabilities in the Web interface, Subtitle demuxer, Real RTSP demuxer, SDL_image library and MP4 demuxer.

Blocking Outbound Connections with Little Snitch

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

(Via The Mac Observer.) The Mac OS X firewall can block some or all inbound connections. However, to be 100 percent secure, the vigilant Mac OS X user should also monitor and manage outbound connections. Little Snitch is one program that can do that

Apple Mail Bug Rises From The Dead To Menace Leopard Users

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

(Via myapplemenu.) by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeekAn attacker exploiting the security flaw could create an e-mail attachment that appears to be, for example, a JPEG image file, but executes malicious code when clicked on, without the warning dialogue that should be present.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: About the Application Firewall

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

(Via Apple Support - Most Recent Mac OS X Articles.) Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard includes a new technology called the Application Firewall. One of the basic purposes of a firewall is to control connections made to your computer from other computers on the network. In most firewall software, you must know ...