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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, April 7, 2012
 

 

OS X
News
  • "Half-million Mac infection estimate backed by new analysis" Ars Technica 7:55 AM
  • "Hackers Begin Targeting Macs: Recent Flashback attacks show Apple's surging popularity has gained the attention of hackers." Agence France-Presse 4/6
  • "Researchers Confirm Flashback Trojan Infects 600,000 Macs, Used For Click Fraud" Forbes 4/6
  • "New Yorkers Dumbfounded As Computer Virus Affects At Least 600,000 Macs" CBS New York 4/6
  • "Second source confirms: 1 in 100 Macs are infected by Flashback" ZDNet 4/6
  • "Apple issues second OS X Java update this week" AppleInsider 4/6
  • "Apple makes second attempt at Trojan Java block" SlashGear 4/6
  • "Fighting Flashback, Apple issues second Mac update" CNET News 4/6
  • "Do-Over: Apple Takes Second Stab at Blocking Mac Trojan" Techland 4/6
  • "Java for OS X Lion 2012-002, Apple has another go" FairerPlatform 4/6
  • "Java 2012-002 Update Includes Security Fixes, Few Details" The Mac Observer 4/6
  • "Interview with Rich Mogull discussing the Flashback Trojan" Your Mac Life 4/6
  • "Apple update supports Canon 5D Mark III raw files" CNET News 4/6
AppleCare/Troubleshooting
  • "Web tool checks if your Mac is Flashback-free" CNET News 4/6
  • "Quick Applescript to check your Mac for the Flashback infection" Mac Stuff 4/6
  • "How to check for—and get rid of—a Mac Flashback infection" Ars Technica 4/6
  • "Secure your Mac from Flashback infection" USA Today 4/6
  • "Virus hits half a million Macs: How to protect yourself against malware" TechMediaNetwork 4/6
  • "I am supporting a small all-Mac company, and the instructions in the various links you provided were great but added a lot of confusion to the question, 'how do I just turn Java off?'" MacInTouch 4/6
  • "In addition to disabling Java in each browser's preferences UI, I've disabled the Java plugins in /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ as a second line of defense. I've left JavaPreferences.app alone, so Java-based desktop apps should still work as before." MacInTouch 4/6
  • "There are multiple options for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on any computer, including Macs." MacInTouch 4/6
  • "A second-line, post-Java defense against the Flashback malware appears to be to create a folder called 'Little Snitch' in the root-level (not user's) Library folder." MacInTouch 4/6
  • "Apple has two support articles listing media formats QuickTime can playback in OS X 10.6 & 10.7." MacInTouch 4/6
Reviews/How-To/Tips
  • "How to reinstall OS X after malware infection" CNET Reviews 4/6
  • "So what can you do to protect your iTunes account?" MacInTouch 4/6
  • "On Killing A Mac Trojan Horse And Stopping Malicious Apps From Phoning Home" Mac 360 4/6
  • "How To Get Stuff Done On Your Mac (prioritize, organize, utilize, free, not so free)" McSolo 4/6
  • "Need An Office On Your Mac? Here's How To Install Office For Free" BohemianBoomer 4/6
  • "4 Ways This Mac Clipboard App Is The Tool Of The Year" TeraTalks 4/6
  • "How To Stop Clicking And Start Reading More On Your Mac" Mac 360 4/6
Op/Ed
  • "Apple gaining in corporation use due to 'time machine' effect" SlashGear 4/6
  • "Friday Poll: Are you adding anti-malware to your Mac?" CNET News 4/6
  • "Four Reasons to Consider FileMaker 12" PCWorld 4/6
  • "If you don't like the iTunes defaults (no art, genres that are as broad as an elephant, artists sorted by first name, etc.) the app is a nightmare to use. Sure I can bulk-change an album or group of albums genre from the generic 'rock' or 'pop' to something specific like 'new wave', 'post punk', or 'blue-eyed soul', but not the other fields I want handled differently." MacInTouch 4/6
  • "Even though MacInTouch might not be the proper place to discuss HiRez audio issues, I think there are a few wrong statements in the discussion" MacInTouch 4/6
  • "Hacintosh benchmarks of Xeon E5 CPUs foretells next Mac Pro speeds?" Insanely Great Mac 4/6
  • "Widespread Virus Proves Macs Are No Longer Safe From Hackers" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 4/6
  • "What's This? A Mac Virus? No Actually It's A Weakness in Java" AllThingsD 4/6
  • "Does FlashBack really have 600k Macs? Yup and its existence now puts Mac threats on par with Windows,says F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen." PC Advisor 4/6
  • "Apple Pushes Out Second Java Update This Week, But What Does It Do?" Mac|Life 4/6
  • "Apple's security code of silence: A big problem" CNET News 4/6
  • "Mac OS X Security Must Become a Priority: 10 Reasons Why"  eWeek 4/6
  • "A Dozen Reasons To Dump Mail On Your Mac And Try A New Email App" NoodleMac 4/6
Press Releases
  • "Windows Phone Connector (for the Mac) has been updated" GadgeTell 4/6
  • "Google patches Chrome for second time in eight days" Computerworld 4/6
  • "Ticket to Ride debuts in Mac App Store" Macworld 4/6
  • "Ace Slots Machine Casino Turns Mac App Store into a Gambler's Paradise" prMac 4/6
  • "Reggie Ashworth releases AppDelete 3.2.6 - Uninstall Anything" prMac 4/6
  • "PDF2Office for iWork v2.0 - Convert PDF-to-iWork formats" prMac 4/6