The Apple security survival guide

October 12, 2011 — CSO —

Not much has been said about the security of Apple's products in the wake of Steve Jobs' passing. But there will be security issues to deal with in the land of Apple.

In fact, the danger has already arrived.

We're starting to see the security risks (just look at all the Mac vulnerabilities we've seen of late) but attackers are only getting warmed up, testing the defenses and seeing what kind of damage they can do.

With the iPhone and iPad so ubiquitous in work and at home, the bad guys now have all the reason in the world to make these devices their number-one target. It's going to happen, and you need to be prepared.

To that end, here's some content to get you up to speed.

October 12, 2011 — CSO —

Not much has been said about the security of Apple's products in the wake of Steve Jobs' passing. But there will be security issues to deal with in the land of Apple.

In fact, the danger has already arrived.

We're starting to see the security risks (just look at all the Mac vulnerabilities we've seen of late) but attackers are only getting warmed up, testing the defenses and seeing what kind of damage they can do.

With the iPhone and iPad so ubiquitous in work and at home, the bad guys now have all the reason in the world to make these devices their number-one target. It's going to happen, and you need to be prepared.

To that end, here's some content to get you up to speed.

Apple's Mac OS X NEVER had superior security
Some Apple fans won't like our story about Mac malware going from a game to something more serious. But scowling over the details won't make a painful reality go away. The reality being that -- contrary to popular opinion among Apple fans -- Macs have never been superior to Windows boxes from a security standpoint.

Mac malware goes from game to serious
A game theory paper written in 2007 predicted that Mac users would see more malware. Now, those predictions are coming true.

Apple Patches OS X for DigiNotar Threat
Apple rolled out an OS X patch to deal with the DigiNotar threat. DigiNotar will be removed from the list of trusted root certificates.

Customer Leaves Apple Store with Confidential Data
Time Machine backup of Apple Store's internal file server taken.

Recent events at Apple suggest genuine push for Mac security
When examined in their entirety, recent steps taken by Apple show a concerted effort by Apple to strengthen the security of its Macintosh computing platform.

The Apple way of (in)security
Tight hardware control and strict application policies reduce risk. So why doesn't everybody take Apple's approach to security?

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