| Researchers and engineers who are working in | | | | from hopping onto your network and possibly |
| the security field must have strong | | | | snooping on your communications and getting |
| constitutions-especially when it comes to | | | | into your hard drive. |
| weathering negative backlash and tired | | | | |
| conspiracy theories whenever apple security | | | | Sharing Option: Use your firewall to close |
| and Mac OS X are mentioned in the same | | | | off access to all the ports that you don't |
| breath. | | | | need open, including file sharing. You might |
| | | | also consider password-protecting or |
| The term "virus" is used so often as a | | | | encrypting all or some of your hard drive. |
| generic reference to any malicious code that | | | | |
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| appropriate blanket terms like "security | | | | someone grabbing your financial data out of |
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| Apple security exploits cropped up and have | | | | Shoulder-Surfing. Snooping doesn't always |
| received a lot of attention. | | | | require high-tech gear. As I just mentioned, |
| | | | it's unwise to work on super-secret company |
| The first vulnerability involved the Leap. | | | | plans in public--but if you must, be aware of |
| Like so many other worms, Leap.A relied on | | | | what's going on around you. |
| tricking users into downloading and opening a | | | | |
| suspicious file. If you ignore file | | | | Wi-Fi Technology: Whenever you don't need it, |
| attachments that you don't expect or that | | | | turn off your Wi-Fi card. You'll block access |
| look suspicious, you'll protect yourself from | | | | to your laptop and conserve battery life. |
| the vast majority of Internet crud, | | | | |
| especially the kind that arrives via e-mail. | | | | Security Updates are also available for |
| | | | software released independently from Mac OS |
| Like so many other worms, Leap.A relied on | | | | X. For example, Security Update 2005-002 is |
| tricking users into downloading and opening a | | | | only available for systems containing the |
| suspicious file. If you ignore file | | | | vulnerable version of Java 1.4.2. Software |
| attachments that you don't expect or that | | | | Updates are packaged in a manner to keep |
| look suspicious, you'll protect yourself from | | | | systems secure. Security Updates are only |
| the vast majority of Internet crud, | | | | offered to systems that need the update, and |
| especially the kind that arrives via e-mail. | | | | not to later versions that have incorporated |
| The worm, known as Inqtana.A, exploited a | | | | the Security Update. |
| hole in the Bluetooth software in OS X 10.4 | | | | |
| that had been patched last year. Inqtana. | | | | Welcome to our Apple Computer & Parts |
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| The next one is a vulnerability in Apple's | | | | parts. Here you find how your apple computer |
| browser Safari, had the most potential for | | | | safe from virsus and spam.They have offered |
| damage. By default, Safari is set to | | | | to systems that need the update, and give the |
| automatically open "safe" file types, such as | | | | latest versions that have incorporated the |
| movies and music, after they've been | | | | Security Update. |
| downloaded. Before Apple closed this hole, | | | | |
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| Safari's General Preferences pane also closes | | | | products online. The online dealers have |
| the security hole. Browsers other than Safari | | | | their websites, which offer information on |
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