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Apple finally patches massive OS X security bug with Mavericks 10.9.2
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2014-02-26 01:39
While I am a Linux guy at heart, I love OS X. After all, both Apple's operating system and Linux distributions are Unix-like. While Microsoft's Windows is relatively safe nowadays, I still feel safest on OS X or Fedora. Well, at least I did feel safe. While Linux remains rock solid, OS X and iOS have been dealt a huge blow from a trust perspective.
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Stefan Esser offers patch for critical encryption bug in OS X Mavericks
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-02-25 02:43
A German security company has released an unauthorized patch for Apple's OS X Mavericks that it claimed closes the hole the Cupertino, Calif. giant left wide open in the operating system's implementation of basic Internet encryption.
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Apple Decides That Dead Silence Is The Best Way To Address Major Encryption Flaw On OS X
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-02-25 01:36
Apple on Friday issued an update that fixed a rather severe vulnerability in their SSL/TLS implementation in iOS. In short, the flaw allowed any hacker the ability to intercept data during supposedly secure and encrypted transfers when using an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch on a public network. Estimates suggest that the vulnerability was introduced in iOS 6.0 back in September 2012 (Apple was added as a PRISM partner in October 2012, utterly circumstantial but just sayin'). After some reverse engineering of the patch, people discovered it overhauled some fairly major portions of iOS.
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New BitCoin Stealing Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/CoinThief Discovered
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-02-10 08:45
SecureMac has discovered a new Trojan Horse called OSX/CoinThief.A, which targets Mac OS X and spies on web traffic to steal Bitcoins. This malware has been found in the wild, and there are multiple user reports of stolen Bitcoins. The malware, which comes disguised as an app to send and receive payments on Bitcoin Stealth Addresses, instead covertly monitors all web browsing traffic in order to steal login credentials for Bitcoin wallets.
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Report: Steve Jobs proposed running OS X on Sony VAIO notebooks
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-02-06 07:06
Even as Sony dodges questions concerning recent rumors that it may sell off its Windows-based VAIO PC division, an interesting historical wrinkle has popped up on the Internet that claims the company could have walked down a much different path with its notebooks.
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