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No sooner had we reported that Microsoft will adopt a "rolling update" model for Windows 10...

...than we received notice of Apple's latest "rolling update" for its Safari browser.

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What to do?

Simple: head to Apple Menu | App Store... | Updates and make sure you have the latest version of Safari.

To check your Safari version, run the browser and use Safari | About Safari, or open a Finder window and go to Applications| Safari.app.

For more information from the horse's mouth, visit Apple's Security Updateslanding page (which has been re-numbered from HT1222 to HT20122), or theSafari x.x.6 update page itself (HT204826).

Via Gust MEES

Who is the best among the "fantastic four" Internet companies: Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon?

 

===> But which company is the most vulnerable in today’s quickly changing market? None other than Apple, according to one panelist speaking at the Techonomy conference. <===

 

Despite Apple’s massive market cap and blockbuster products, it’s the most vulnerable because it has to constantly maintain its innovation advantage in hardware to keep consumers coming back, said Alec Ellison, chairman of investment banking at Jefferies.

 

Read more:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/11/12/among-top-four-internet-companies-is-apple-most-vulnerable/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&amp;amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;amp;utm_medium=social

 

Via Gust MEES

In the five years since the first iPhone was released, there has never been a serious known case of iOS malware on an non-jailbroken device.

Virtually every version of iOS has been quickly jailbroken (that is, modified to allow installation of apps and hacks not authorized by Apple or the mobile carrier).

 

Jailbreaking is accomplished by exploiting security vulnerabilities in iOS. The same exploits used to jailbreak (an arguably legitimate hack) could just as easily be used to infect an iOS device with malware.

 

Read more to know the possible dangers and be aware:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/06/29/apple-mobile-device-security/?utm_source=twitter&amp;amp;utm_medium=NakedSecurity&amp;amp;utm_campaign=naked%252Bsecurity

 

Via Gust MEES

The malware threat on Macs is real, and should not be underestimated.

 

 

SophosLabs, is a new variant of the OSX/Imuler Trojan horse. In the past, earlier variants of the OSX/Imuler malware has been spread via topless photos of a Russian supermodel or embedded deep inside boobytrapped PDF files.

 

If your Mac was successfully infected by malware like this, you have effectively given remote control of your computer and your data to an invisible and unknown party.

 

===> They could steal files from your Mac, spy on your emails, and plant further malware onto your systems. <===

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/11/13/new-mac-trojan/

 

Via Gust MEES

Two weeks ago, Mac security software company Intego discovered malware which it classified as "a new Java backdoor trojan called Java/Jacksbot.A.” New threats are discovered all the time, but Intego later concluded that even though Jacksbot is a variant of the Java remote access tool (RAT) created by the jailbreaking group Redpois0n, it can target multiple platforms.

 

The malware writers behind JACKSBOT may just be testing the waters for a successful multiplatform malware; however for now they appear to be unwilling to invest the time and resources to develop the code more completely.

 

===> It’s likely that the authors will continue to improve the code to fully support infection for OS X and Linux. <===

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://thenextweb.com/2012/10/31/jacksbot-java-malware-can-take-control-of-windows-mac-and-linux-systems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;amp;utm_medium=twitter

 

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