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Good day, gentle readers.
Yesterday afternoon, our site was placed on a security watch by Google and Kaspersky – meaning that most browsers were blocking access warning that we were linking to a site distributing malware.
What happened was that our Wordpress install was not current and we were the victims of a ‘frame injection’, wherein a creep hacks into a site using a vulnerability then abuses that access to spam or cause problems.
We have fixed the issue, alerted Google and Kaspersky and things are back to normal now.
The good news is that 96% of our readers use Macs so you were …
[via Snow Leopard Has Hidden Antivirus Talents [Rumor]]
Well, this is int-er-est-ing: Early testers have come across what looks like a new antivirus function within Snow Leopard. Or to put it another way, Macs don’t need antivirus! Wait. The new feature behaves a cross between a traditional antivirus tool and the “Are you sure you want to open this?” warnings already present in Leopard. I doubt it’s doing any real-time heuristic scanning and it’s definitely not running as a visible app in the OS, but if it’s …
Atlanta – 360Works, a leading FileMaker product developer and innovator, announced today the launch of 360Works SafetyNet, the first automated offsite backup plugin designed specifically for FileMaker Server solutions. SafetyNet makes it easy to set up remote backup routines for FileMaker Server administrators. Files are stored on Amazon’s “cloud-based” online file storage service, which runs on the same reliable and fast infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites.
“There are a lot of solutions out there that promise ease of use and seamless integration for offsite backups,” said Jesse Barnum of 360Works. “But …
Pop Quiz: when is ‘private browsing’ not so private?
Answer: When your operating system caches your DNS lookups even after they are removed from your local browser cache.
If you have a Mac (presumptuous of me to assume, I know), try this interesting little experiment. Turn on ‘private browsing’ in your favorite browser – Safari, FireFox, Opera – whatever. Now, browse around a bit…hit a few dozens sites, click through some pages. Now, close the browser and if prompted tell it to ‘clean’ your browser. All well and good, right?
Wrong.
Open Terminal (or your favorite equivalent – I like iTerm). Type …
An update to one of our favorite apps, 1Password, has been made available using the auto-update feature.
In particular, it is aimed toward users of version 2.9.17. The issue is that if you sync with your iPhone/Touch using wifi, the log file is keeping your passwords available in clear text – I have confirmed this and highly recommend that you update 1Password IMMEDIATELY.
To verify, open the ‘1Password.log’ file located in the path below in a text editor (or QuickView it). Your passwords are clearly visible instead of being encoded. Not good.
Please note: this is absolutely not meant to dissuade you from …
As someone who uses my iPhone for both personal and work purposes, this is a serious flaw. If you value your privacy or are in a situation that calls for you to respect the privacy of others on a professional level, you need to look into this and resolve it using the information below. The fix is amazingly simple, but that doesn’t remove the fact that the security hole exists in the first place.
I’ll directly quote the Gizmodo article as it sums it all up quite nicely. However, I do recommend skipping their comment section as it is very anti-Mac……
This is why I recommend hard drive encryption.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25960741/
Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.
Also, officials may share copies of the laptop’s contents with other agencies and private entities for language translation, data decryption or other reasons, according to the policies, dated July 16 and issued by two DHS agencies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The policies cover “any device capable …
Check Point Software, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the release of Check Point Full Disk Encryption for Mac OS X, the industry’s first full-disk encryption solution with pre-boot authentication to support the Mac OS. Check Point Full Disk Encryption now supports all major laptop and desktop operating systems, including Mac OS X version 10.4.5 “Tiger” through Mac OS X version 10.5 “Leopard.”
Check Point encryption products support more end-user platforms than any other solutions in the industry, from Windows, Linux and Mac OS based laptops to Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm and PocketPC based smartphones and …
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