It is one thing for Apple to allow weeks to pass before issuing a patch for the BackDoor FlashBack trojan and quite another for the great majority of Mac users not to install it, which is apparently the current state …

But only one in 36, or a bit fewer than 3 percent, have been infected by Mac specific malware and the great majority of those were infected by a FlashBack trojan variant. It’s no time to let down our guard …

International hackers ran a scam that co-opted DNS (domain name server) functionality on millions of user computers, including Macs. When the FBI took that network down in November 2011, agents realized they couldn’t just shut the hackers’ servers off, as …

I have been beating this drum for years, though it’s only recently become fashionable to recommend every Mac user install and use antivirus software. But that’s just one of the free and easy steps you should take to secure your …

About 10 days ago, security experts — the kind that make their bread selling antivirus software — warned that more than 600,000 Macs had been infected by FlashBack. Depending on who’s doing the counting that’s 1 percent of Apple’s Mac …

Reasonable people can and do argue about the need for antivirus software on the Mac. However, nearly everyone agrees that running Windows requires antivirus, all the more true if that PC is out and about on the interwebs. But what …

Working the problem. Apple has released a stand-alone malware removal tool specific to Macs running OS X Lion that don’t have Java installed — so, are there versions of Flashback that can infect a Mac without Java installed? That’s an …

And the FlashBack security shockwaves continue to reverberate. Apple has released new Java updates for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard that include the Malware Removal Utility that detects and deletes “the most common variants” of FlashBack.
The obvious caveat there …

Looking for a way to protect yourself from the BackDoor.FlashBack trojan? Here’s a great method for blocking FlashBack that can also improve your Mac’s internet performance — OpenDNS, a free, high-performance service I’ve been using and recommending for years.
“OpenDNS is …

Time to shed your naivety and get serious about OS X security. The BackDoor.FlashBack trojan is a wake up call for all Mac users — here are 10 easy (and free) things you can do right now to make your …