Big Mac Attack: Apple Security Bruised after OS X Infections
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 15:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Apple has long enjoyed the reputation of making a computing platform that provides security protection that is superior to its peers--in a word, Microsoft. The emergence of a group of malicious software (malware) programs in recent months-- collectively known as Flashback or Flashfake --that specifically target Macs and their OS X operating system now has Apple in the unfamiliar position of being on the defensive. [More]