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More Blather from ZDNet and Dignan

by patrick

It’s pretty well known by now that ZDNet is the CNN of tech reporting. Basically, they’re one big infomercial for the highest bidder. I usually don’t bother with these things. But Dignan’s posting of December 18 is a really good example of yet another MicroSoft shill’s take on the disaster that is Windows Vista. He [...]

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Pile of Patches for Leopard and Tiger

by patrick

Apple just released a big old pile of patches for the security-burdened Leopard and Tiger operating systems. Among the addressed problems:   Address Book Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution CFNetwork Impact: Visiting a malicious website could allow the automatic download of files to [...]

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Leopard Security – Still An Issue

by patrick

The QuickTime vulnerability originally reported on November 15 seems to have been spotted in the wild. This is not good news. Apple made a decision to change the firewall settings in Leopard, provoking some serious questions about the security of this new OS. This latest security issue puts a spotlight on what may become a [...]

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