Latest Security Update has a Gotcha!

If you install the latest security update (Security Update 1-26-04) you'll need go around and check your default internet applications, if you use Safari and Mail as your apps. This means you'll have visit Safari and Mail's Preferences and check their General settings. Mine defaulted

Security Update 2004-01-26 Released

Apple released a Security Update for Mac OS X today: Security Update 2004-01-26 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: Apache 1.3, Classic, Mail, Safari, Windows File Sharing Additionally

Re: OT: House burglary tonight (and iSight Virtual Security Service)

were woken with a torch being shone through our bedroom window. It wasn't the kids and wasn't the police so the next morning we rang up the security screen company and had full security screens and triple lock doors fitted. It's a bit like living in a cage now but at least we can open the doors

Security Update 2003-12-19 Posted By Apple

Apple has posted Security Update 2003-12-19 which is available from 'Software Update' under your Apple menu (3.6Mb). According to Mac Rumors this update includes the following components: AFP Server, ASN.1 Decoding for PKI, cd9660.util, Directory Services, fetchmail, fs_usage, rsync

new security hole in MacOS X

Unfortunately Apple doesn't have a fix out yet, though they're apparently working on it. http://www.carrel.org/dhcp-vuln.html Craig Ringer

Microsoft Security Warning

From Macintouch today The security warning that Microsoft should issue http://www.infowarrior.org/articles/2003-02.html

Back up your website, install security patches

Hi... Just a reminder that you should back up your websites and make sure you've installed all the security updates before this weekend as there's a competition running in the US which offers a prize for defacing web sites (and extra points for defacing Mac web sites :( one Mac web site

Re: Back up your website, install security patches

On 04/7/03 10:22 AM, Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... Just a reminder that you should back up your websites and make sure you've installed all the security updates before this weekend as there's a competition running in the US which offers a prize for defacing web sites

Re: Back up your website, install security patches

On 04/7/03 10:22 AM, Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... Just a reminder that you should back up your websites and make sure you've installed all the security updates before this weekend as there's a competition running in the US which offers a prize for defacing web sites (and extra

Re: Security Update Issue

Michel, et al, Curious whether this security update has/is still causing problems? Wanted to update, but feeling a bit uneasy if it is going to shut me out of my PowerBook! Regards, Kent On 11/6/03 4:36 PM, Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple released a security update yesterday

Re: Security Update Issue

Michel, et al, Curious whether this security update has/is still causing problems? Wanted to update, but feeling a bit uneasy if it is going to shut me out of my PowerBook! Regards, Kent They've re-released the security update to fix that problem. It's amazing the difference 2 bytes can

Security Update Issue

Apple released a security update yesterday (10 June) which I installed on my G3 PowerBook 400, OS 10.2.6. Secure was right - the computer wouldn't let me log-on. I'd key in my password (as you do) and press log-in (as you do), and the screen would shimmy. I tried repairing permissions by using

Password Security

I seem to have forgotten the old password on my PowerBook's Password Security Control Panel. The machine is not locked at the moment but I'm going to need this facility again soon. Can you just replace the control panel or is the password / encryption a little deeper than that... Cheers

ibook and osx - security help

with OSX? Also we have set the opening to require a username/password and separated the admin functions to a seperate account. Are there any other security features that anyone recommends we use? Cheers Aurora

Re: ibook and osx - security help

screensaver delay 1 minute, energy saver delay 2 minutes). Also we have set the opening to require a username/password and separated the admin functions to a seperate account. Are there any other security features that anyone recommends we use? Ensure you've installed the latest security updates using

Security Vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.2

Sharing is enabled. Printer Sharing is not enabled by default on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server. Fixed in: Mac OS X 10.2.3 and Mac OS X Server 10.2.3 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- === AUSCERT External Security Bulletin

Mozilla Security hole !

Hi Wamug, Those using Mozilla should read this ! Security hole ! http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/16/1032054751392.html Have fun Bob

Security Update Probelms

Last week I downloaded the latest OS X security update and installed. Since then the following has ocurred:- 1. Family network via IPNetShareX have been unable to connect to the net via my TiBook (G4, 400, 512 Ram) which can connect to the net via internal 56K modem 2. Software Update cannot

Re: IMPORTANT: Security update for software update

Just announced via VersionTracker is a security fix for the recent potential security problem affecting Apple's software update mechanism. This fix is for OS X. This update is not yet available via software update. You must manually download and install it yourself. It (strangely

Re: IMPORTANT: Security update for software update

On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 09:59 , Shay Telfer wrote: Just don't install it if you haven't already installed all the previous updates you're going to need, otherwise it'll just ignore them as they're not encrypted! Hopefully they'll cryptographically sign all their old updates but still

IMPORTANT: Security update for software update

Just announced via VersionTracker is a security fix for the recent potential security problem affecting Apple's software update mechanism. This fix is for OS X. This update is not yet available via software update. You must manually download and install it yourself. It (strangely

Don't run OS X software update! HUGE security risk.

being. Very, very, very bad of Apple to allow this sort of security breach! No encryption in the update engine - how could Apple do that?! (Assuming all of this is verified - it certainly sounds pretty dinkum) :-( -Mart -- - Martin

Re: Don't run OS X software update! HUGE security risk.

on 9/7/02 11:02, Martin Hill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the moment, you'd better not run Apple's automatic Software update under OS X (or Mac OS 9 for that matter). These articles detail that there is no encryption employed by Apple for the Update system and thus it's trivial for a

Re: Don't run OS X software update! HUGE security risk.

://www.workingmac.com/inetd/164.wm http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/280964 There is no patch available yet, so just don't run any updates for the time being. Very, very, very bad of Apple to allow this sort of security breach! No encryption in the update engine - how could Apple do

Re: Don't run OS X software update! HUGE security risk.

Reading some subsequent followups, one poster indicates a hacker would need to know the root password for your Mac to hack into it, which if true means this may not be as major a problem as first publicised. you have to have root first folks The very first step in the exploit requires you to

Re: Don't run OS X software update! HUGE security risk.

At 1:15 PM +0800 9/7/02, Shay Telfer wrote: Reading some subsequent followups, one poster indicates a hacker would need to know the root password for your Mac to hack into it, which if true means this may not be as major a problem as first publicised. you have to have root first folks The

Re: Don't run OS X software update! HUGE security risk.

It looks pretty serious and genuine to me. Once they have the software running on the network, and you've installed the modified version of the sshd, they can log into any account, even administrator, and you won't know they're doing it. You can always use md5sum to checksum your sshd against a

Microsoft security updates

Is anyone else getting emails almost every day, said to be from Microsoft with attached security update? Are they genuine? Michael.

Re: Microsoft security updates

At 4:12 PM +0800 19/3/02, Michael Hawkins wrote: Is anyone else getting emails almost every day, said to be from Microsoft with attached security update? Are they genuine? Michael. No. Trash them. -- Dr J.M. Cummins Anatomy, Div. Vet. Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University GPO Box S1400

Re: Microsoft security updates

NO, but TRASH THEM or you'll be in real trouble. They have been linked with nasty little infectious habits! Phil Is anyone else getting emails almost every day, said to be from Microsoft with attached security update? Are they genuine? Michael. Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us? 60 minutes isn't really the best place to learn about computer security. Try http://www.cert.org/ or http://www.auscert.org/ Encryption is merely

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us? I avoid 60 Minutes wherever possible. What was the nature of the report? -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us? I avoid 60 Minutes wherever possible. What was the nature of the report? Some of it is available at nineMSN's web site. Interestingly the consultant

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

on 11/2/02 1:01 PM, Shay Telfer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us? I avoid 60 Minutes wherever possible. What was the nature of the report? Some

Re: computer security (a la 60 minutes)

I guess one thing it did highlight, indirectly, are the problems related to having no real competition to Microsoft. Considering their 'lacksy-daisy' approach to system security, I am not surprised it happens so often. They're unlikely to highlight that too strongly, being nineMSN (ie Channel

computer security (a la 60 minutes)

Anyone REALLY concerned about the computer security report on 60 minutes tonight?. Is 128 double overhead encryption really going to save us?

CD Burn security warning

This is an old issue but it has surfaced again and may not be known to many WAMUGgers. When you burn a CD you may be burning more than you think and giving away [if you do pass the CD on to someone else] some of your private data. Have a look at the _ Reader Report: Desktop DB Security_ at

File/folder security for OS X

Hello Does anyone know of, or using, software that provides file/folder security, similar to FileGuard, for OS X? Haven't found anything yet via versiontracker. Thanks SPG

Re: File/folder security for OS X

Hello Does anyone know of, or using, software that provides file/folder security, similar to FileGuard, for OS X? Haven't found anything yet via versiontracker. Run Disk Copy and create an encrypted disk image. Mount it and store all the private files on that. Really, for 'low level

OS X and sleep security

Is there some way to activate a password request upon waking a Mac with OS X? (similar to the passworded screen saver) I can't see it anywhere and it seems like a major security failing if it ain't there. woz

Re: OS X and sleep security

At 11:50 +0800 10/01/2002, Shay Telfer wrote: Is there some way to activate a password request upon waking a Mac with OS X? (similar to the passworded screen saver) I can't see it anywhere and it seems like a major security failing if it ain't there. On a laptop you can activate the password

Re: OS X and sleep security

At 12:14 +0800 10/01/2002, Warren Jones wrote: I have the recently released openboot password protection installed to stop booting off other drives without a password. But I know nothing is 100%. All you have to do is rip out the drive and whack it in another Mac. There's another way to bypass

Re: Micro$oft viruses and other security issues

I think it was this same MS post that generated an uproar amongst the security community not so long ago. Microsoft is essentially arguing for security through obscurity (don't tell anyone and they won't know) whereas the security geeks were arguing that when security holes are found the responses

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