Rob Griffiths over at MacWorld.com created a list of his eight favorite OS X features. It can be found here. Item number three for Rob is The Unix underpinnings. I couldn’t agree more! The Unix security model is left fairly well intact in OS X. As a result, the standard installation of OS X is [...]
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You’ve probably heard that a worm is set to kick off on April 1, which will cause untold damage to your computer and will spread quickly across the Internet. Before panic sets in, take the time to read this Q&A from f-secure. It addresses the basic facts about Conflicker. Also, the Q&A shows the simple [...]
I’ll be watching the KU vs Michigan State game tonight at 8:37pm (CDT), and you can too… Click Here – Dan
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This following report came out on March 23, 2009. It reports that many people are falling prey to false warnings that “your computer is infected”, and then click the link to install some super anti-virus product that is really bogus. Finjan: Bogus Anti-virus Is Big Business I’ve helped many people remove bogus AV software from [...]
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I’m in the process of setting up a seldom-used PowerBook G4 to use as my “Security Tools” notebook. It is running 10.5.6 with the xcode tools installed. Now, the software that I’ve installed so far for InfoSec purposes… MacPorts – This is “a system for compiling, installing, and manaaging open source software” on mac. Yep, [...]
