01 Apr 2009
by Rich Mogull
Recently, Apple has come under criticism for its handling of a series of security issues. Apple is also known for maintaining a stoic silence in the face of public outcr READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/10186
12 Feb 2009
by Adam C. Engst
Keeping up with our own Take Control authors is hard enough, but with our friends at Macworld putting together Superguides too, well, we fell behind in the end-of-year READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/10067
05 Feb 2007
by John O'Fallon
"Security alert! A vulnerability in Mac OS X HTTP protocol handling makes possible denial of service attacks and arbitrary code execution."
"Oh no," you think. "Thi READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/8847
18 Mar 2008
by Rich Mogull
When people find out I'm a security expert, I can almost guarantee the ensuing conversation will evolve in one of three ways. If they are technologically illiterate, I'l READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/9511
19 Apr 2009
by Rich Mogull
Some days it seems the entire world is waiting with bated breath for the eventual fall from grace of the long-vaunted Macintosh security. From industry publications to t READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/10218
03 Dec 2008
by Rich Mogull
On 21-Nov-08, a short support article appeared on Apple's Web site, likely placed there by someone with no idea of the chain of events he or she was about to initiate. T READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/9902
25 Jun 2008
by Rich Mogull
[Editor's note: Apple patched the ARDAgent flaw described in this article on 31-Jul-2008 in Security Update 2008-005. See "Fixes for DNS Flaw, ARDAgent Exploit Released READ MORE http://db.tidbits.com/article/9665
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