The discovery that there is a malware attacking Macs around the world took many by surprise. Apple is included in this group, since only on 3 April the company released a fix for the failure of Java that Sun itself had already corrected in February. Today the company apple put on his sandals of humility and said it would actively try to rid computers of infection with the creation of a proper tool for this.
I used "declared" by a mere formality in the previous paragraph, since Apple has not announced anything. The company just posted this topic in the support forum. The topic says that Apple is not only developing this tool will also work with providers around the world to turn off the network of zombie computers that are infected.
Obviously the tactic of security by obscurity does not work anymore for Apple. More and more malware for Mac are being created, either by exploiting a flaw in third-party applications or in conjunction with their own bugs in OS X. So it's good to see that the company is changing its attitude and actively seeking a solution to their users instead of just releasing a security fix when the fan has already spread throughout the ... well, you know.
I used "declared" by a mere formality in the previous paragraph, since Apple has not announced anything. The company just posted this topic in the support forum. The topic says that Apple is not only developing this tool will also work with providers around the world to turn off the network of zombie computers that are infected.
Obviously the tactic of security by obscurity does not work anymore for Apple. More and more malware for Mac are being created, either by exploiting a flaw in third-party applications or in conjunction with their own bugs in OS X. So it's good to see that the company is changing its attitude and actively seeking a solution to their users instead of just releasing a security fix when the fan has already spread throughout the ... well, you know.
