http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/apple-releases-mac-defender-security-update/13076?tag=nl.e550
Hello Mac OS X users, welcome to the world of daily malware signature updates.
On a test system using Safari with default settings, it behaved exactly as before, beginning the installation process with no password required.
As PC virus experts know, this cat-and-mouse game can go on indefinitely. Your move, Apple.
I’ve also captured a video that shows the File Quarantine feature successfully blocking an attempt to automatically install the Mac Guard malware. See below.
Apple's malware challenge: Usability as its security world changes (YouTube You may like)
Apple customers for years have taken the view—inspired by the company’s commercials—that its software is safer. If you have a Mac there’s no need for anti-virus software. You’re secure.
Ed Bott nailed the importance of these malware attacks against Apple when he said:
Apple appears to be treating this outbreak as if it were a single incident that won’t be repeated. They seriously underestimate the bad guys, who are not idiots.
If Apple plans to play Whack-a-Mole with these guys, they’re in for months of misery. Just ask any Windows security expert
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/apples-ios-4-hardware-encryption-has-been-cracked-20110525/
Apple’s iOS 4 hardware encryption has been cracked Russian company ElcomSoft is claiming to have cracked the 256-bit hardware encryption Apple uses to protect the data on iOS 4 devices, and is offering software that allows anyone to do it.
ElcomSoft is well-known as a corporate security and IT audit company, working with law enforcement agencies, the military, and intelligence agencies to recover data and perform forensics on devices. Its latest work has managed to open up the data stored on any device running iOS 4 by circumventing the hardware encryption chip Apple uses.