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No more making fun of Windows security for Mac users
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... in the on-going my operating system is better than yours head butting that happens between Windows and Mac users it has been over the issue of security. Mac users have loved being able to lord over us poor ol’ Windows users how they don’t need to worry about things like malware and viruses. This obnoxious attitude hasn’t been helped either by Cupertino running ads pointing out how Mac users don’t need to worry about such silly things as viruses. As Brian Krebs says in a post about this today ...

Linkpost | 12.2.2008
TechBlog — ... December 02, 2008 Linkpost | 12.2.2008 • Apple: Mac Users Should Get Antivirus Software - Updated technical note urges Mac owners to run "multiple anti-virus utilities". • ...

Finally! Apple tells Mac users to install antivirus software
TechBlog — ... Mac users have long been told to start running antivirus software on their computers, a suggestion often met with derision by veterans of the platform, who wrongly argue that the Mac OS X has never suffered a major virus attack, and isn't likely to. Of course, what has happened in the past is never a guarantee of the way things will go in the future. Now, those who have sounded the alarm are joined by an entity who may finally get the fanboys' attention: Apple . Brian Krebs reports on his Security Fix blog that Apple has updated a technical note urging Mac users to install ...

Apple technical document advises Mac users to install antivirus software
Obsessable News Feed — Although there is nothing new to Apple's recent recommendation that people install antivirus software, some reports are trying to spin this advice as a sign of danger for OS X users. Brian Krebs at the Washington Post takes note that Apple has recommended in a November 21st technical note quietly posted to their support site that Apple users install antivirus software. A quick glance over the conversations below will show that a whole group of websites are jumping on this news as if it is a landmark event. However, this ...

Apple now "encourages" use of antivirus software
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... Wait—didn’t I hear in one of those goofy "Mac vs. PC" commercials that Macs don't get viruses? What's the deal? Here's the scoop, courtesy of the Security Fix blog on Washingtonpost.com : Earlier this month, Apple discretely posted a ...

Apple recommends increased defense spending
GMSV — Given all the grief Windows users have taken from the Mac pack over the years on the subject of relative vulnerability to malware (including one of the commercials in the “Get a Mac” series), there was some understandable chortling to be heard when some folks noticed a fresh technical note on Apple’s support site recommending its customers make a purchase from one of the vendors in the neglected Mac defense niche. “Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult,” says the note , going on to recommend commercial ...

Apple updates antivirus version numbers, security savants lose grip on reality
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... " and "Mac OS X" approach each other in the blogosphere, the usual outcome is more heat than light. The current example of keyboards outpacing brainwaves has emerged from a storm of posts on various sites, mostly tracing back to security analyst/Washington Post writer Brian Krebs and ...

False Alarm: Apple Mac OS X Anti-Virus Recommendation Is Old [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... In other words: No conspiracy theories, no "quietly published" technical notes. Just the same old recommendation they have been doing forever. [Washington Post, ...

Mac Users: Please Take a Quick Survey About Security
Technologizer — macvirus1 There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle this week about a subject that crops up every so often and is always good for some spirited debate: Whether Mac users should be as proactive about protecting themselves against security attacks as their Windows-using friends. The Washington Post’s Brian Krebs noticed Apple recommending the use of anti-virus software ...

Follow-up: Apple Marketing Dept. 1, Security Group 0
TechBlog — Linkpost | 12.3.2008 | Main December 03, 2008 Follow-up: Apple Marketing Dept. 1, Security Group 0 keychain On Tuesday, I wrote about a technical note found on Apple's support Web site by the Washington Post's Brian Krebs that urged Mac owners to run antivirus software. Though Krebs thought the note was new, it apparently was in place in June 2007. But no longer. Apple has yanked the note, and a company spokesperson made some calls to tell reporters, "Never mind," including CNet's Elinor Mills :"We have removed the KnowledgeBase article because it was old and inaccurate," Apple spokesperson Bill Evans said. "The Mac is designed with built-in ...

Apple removes antivirus technical document
Obsessable News Feed — Despite Apple's counter-spin to the misrepresented buzz surrounding the question of antivirus software for OS X, Obsessable continues to advise security. Yesterday, the entire internet was in a tizzy about an old Apple technical document that recommended that Apple users install antivirus software. As we noted yesterday, Brian Krebs at the Washington Post didn't properly research his initial story, which presented the advice hidden in an old technical document on Apple's website as a game-changing admission by Apple to their vulnerability to viruses. Several other online publications then jumped on that bandwagon. This is a non-story because, ...

Will Mac Become a Virus Trap?
Today @ PC World — ... have subtly suggested that Macs are completely safe from viruses. After discovering the KnowledgeBase article, tech bloggers the world over excoriated Apple accusing the company of backing off its anti-antivirus stance. But is Apple projecting a false sense of security just to save face? Many experts repeatedly warn that ...

Apple Confirms Antivirus Software Is (Usually) Unnecessary
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — 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. The article summary was, "Learn about antivirus utilities available for the Mac OS." The bombshell statement in the article? "Apple encourages the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult." The article went on to list three of the major antivirus programs for the Mac. At first, no one really noticed. Then, on 01-Dec-08, the note gained the attention of Brian Krebs at the ...

Apple's Security Paradox
Forbes.com: Technology News — As Apple 's slice of the computer market grows, cyber security researchers have long warned that hackers would someday turn their attention away from PCs and toward innocent Macbooks and iPhones. That day, it turns out, has yet to come. But virus-fearing Apple (nasdaq: AAPL ...

Shields Up!: Your guide to staying safe on the net
Gadgetell — Section: Computers, Security, Web, Features, Originals Welcome to Shields Up!  This weekly column will cover all things related to computer and internet security as well as staying safe as you surf the net.  We’ll cover spams, scams, phishing, malware, and more. These days the internet has grown far beyond its academic roots and become more than a source of entertainment.  For most people, it is a valuable tool in their daily lives and as much of a necessity as a car or a phone.  Unfortunately, as it’s grown so has cybercrime.  There is a vast underground economy that thrives on stolen information. ...