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Apple has just released a new security update for client and server users of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (Intel and PPC), Mac OS X 10.4 Server (Intel ve PPC) and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. This Security update 2008-005 is “recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X,” and includes fixes for a dozen or so features in Mac OS X.
Running other operating systems on a Mac is nothing new, and with the advent of Intel-based Macs we’ve seen a flood of virtual machine software: Parallels Desktop for Mac, VMWare Fusion, and Codeweavers CrossOver Mac. These products enable you to run Mac OS X and another operating system simultaneously.
For many of my consulting clients who are switching from PCs and who already have a licensed copy of Microsoft Windows, I’ve been using Sun’s Open Source xVM VirtualBox product. Why? xVM VirtualBox works very well and it’s free.
Apple has been published tips of the week on their official website. If you are a newbie with your Mac, you’ll definitely need this new feature todays. Spaces, one of the coolest new features of Mac OS X Leopard, lets you switch among multiple desktops. For example, you might create a communication workspace for Mail, iChat, and Address Book, another for media programs like iTunes and iPhoto, and a third for video games. Then, instead of hiding/showing programs or dragging them around onscreen, you’d simply switch desktops. If you’re the sort of user who tends to have many applications open at once, Spaces is a godsend to you.
Apple has been published new Software Update for Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard. Mac OS X 10.5.4 is available NOW! Shortly, this update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enchange the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. According to the update KB article listed above, the update includes:
F-Secure is reporting that there are two new Mac OS X trojans. The first is just a proof-of-concept from the MacShadows people that takes advantage of the unpatched ARDAgent vulnerability to get root access when run by the user. The second relies on social engineering: it’s a poker game that requests the user’s password, claiming to have detected a ‘corrupt preference file.’ It then takes control of the computer. Now that the source of the proof-of-concept is publicly available, They can expect that future trojans won’t just politely request your password.
Apple has been announced the Snow Leopard with one sentence and made a webpage when WWDC 08’s opening date. They keep away from giving more informations about it. However, they can’t counteract to leak of informations from developers anyway. In a german website which Apfeltalk, some screenshots has been published about Snow Leopard and Safari 4 recently but Apple forced the Apfetalk to delete all images and analysis out there. That means new operating system comes with new features soon. For example, web apps, Address Book wıth Exchange support, the said Resolution Independence since 10.4 version, multiple touchscreen trackpad support for 3rd party applications and ZFS file system support. Also, application sizes decreasing half and half because of stopped to the PowerPC support, some dreamers imagine that this is innovation but it is not.
In the wake of the ARDAgent vulnerability discovered yesterday, we all have something new to look out for: OSX.Trojan.PokerStealer is the official name of a trojan horse masquerading as a poker game. The trojan is distributed in a 65K .zip archive.
According to security company Intego, running the trojan activates SSH, and transmits the username, password hash, and IP address of the computer to a server. It asks for an administrator’s password after displaying a message about a corrupt preference file that needs to be repaired.
The "PokerGame" application is 159,843 bytes, and includes the text "Copyright 2008 Andrew" in the version information (visible in Get Info).
As always, please remember to use extreme caution when running applications downloaded from the Internet, or received via email.
Thanks to Rosaline from Intego for the heads-up. (more…)
While you can use utilities like BootPicker or rEFIt to quickly select a Boot Camp partition at startup, Flipside hopes to take the pain out of booting into Windows (no, it doesn’t make Windows pretty, simple, or virus free — that’s for version 2.0). Flipside automatically finds your Windows partition on your Mac and boots you into it — all without changing your startup disk settings. If you’re in a hurry to reboot into Windows, then you can have Flipside force-quit your open Mac applications and instantly reboot (not recommended, but could be handy).
Let us count the ways that the Mac sysadmin community hearts Mike B: we relish his reliable and full-featured Carbon Copy Cloner, we depend absolutely upon his fast and simple NetRestore, we puzzle through his instructions for deploying dual-boot machines and for working with Active Directory. Most of all, we love that all this snazzy management goodness is free. Now, for everyone tired of telling dual-boot users “just hold down the option key,” Mike has released a Boot Camp OS selector tool called (unsurprisingly) BootPicker. It’s open source, free and delightfully slick.
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