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AdAge blows it: Marketing flack tries to sell ‘Security Via Obscurity’ myth
The PC-Microsoft campaign is about how you get more ‘value’ for your dollar with PCs…
NY Times blows it: repeats ‘Security via Obscurity’ myth
When news like the rampaging Conficker virus hits, Mac users often feel a certain sense of comfort…
Chicago Tribune falls for the ‘Security Via Obscurity’ myth
Millions of college students soon will arrive on campuses, armed with new personal computers…
Gartner analyst tries to propagate discounted Mac OS X ‘security via obscurity’ myth via BBC
Security threats to PCs with Microsoft Windows have increased so much that computer users should consider using a Mac, says Sophos Security…
BusinessWeek columnist propagates discounted ‘Apple Mac security via obscurity myth’
[Analysts] do agree on one area where Apple has an advantage: Security. Macs are targeted by viruses and hacking attacks far less often…
There’s practically no iOS malware, thanks to Apple’s smart control over app distribution
You’re more likely to win Powerball than to be hit by iOS malware…
F-Secure: Android accounted for 96% of all mobile malware in Q4 2012
According to a new report released today from security specialists F-Secure…
French security firm bashes Microsoft for warning of Mac malware
It’s not in the wild at all and not being installed…
Hacker cracks Microsoft’s Windows Phone ‘07 App Marketplace DRM; Any app can be pirated
Microsoft needs to start beefing up the security of its Windows Phone 7…
Expensive malware appears for Microsoft’s Windows Mobile
Malware embedded into legitimate-looking games designed for Windows Mobile has appeared…
Microsoft: Hey, just because Google dumped Windows doesn’t mean it sucks!
Google’s decision to phase out Windows for its employees has prompted Microsoft to…
Windows malware found on second HTC Magic cellphone; Mac and iPhone unaffected
When Panda Security found malware on a brand new Android-based Vodafone HTC Magic…
Windows malware found on HTC Android phone; Macintosh and iPhone unaffected
An employee at Spanish antivirus firm Panda Security received a new Android-based HTC Magic…
Microsoft’s Windows is far less secure than Apple’s Mac OS X
There are still quite a few drooling idiots who are incapable, or unwilling (it’s a hit-whoring prerequisite, after all), of seeing the vast gulf between Windows and Mac OS X security…
Microsoft’s Windows is far less secure than Apple’s Mac OS X
There are still quite a few drooling idiots who are incapable, or unwilling (it’s a hit-whoring prerequisite, after all), of seeing the vast gulf between Windows and Mac OS X security…
ChannelWeb hack: Microsoft’s Windows 7 will drive Mac market share below 5% by the end of 2010
Mark Oct. 22 on your calendar. That’s the day that Apple’s classic ‘I’m a Mac. I’m A PC’ attack ads…
Fortune: So, why are there no Mac viruses?
There are, as far as we know, no Mac OS X viruses in the wild…
FUD Alert: CNET spews ‘Snow Leopard could level security playing field with Windows’ lunacy
Friday’s release of the new version of the Mac OS, dubbed Snow Leopard, could include…
Ooh, big scary ‘Mac flaw’ could let hackers get scrambled data
A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control…
FOXNews blows it: Incorrectly reports that Apple encourages multiple antivirus utilities for Mac
In a “Tech Q and A” published today, FOXNews’ Guy R. Briggs blows it…
CNN blows it; gets all worked up about a Mac Trojan that isn’t the first nor is it the last
Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague…
Get a Mac: Microsoft’s Windows’ swiss cheese insecurity costs $100 billion annually
Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it…
Yet another Windows worm builds yet another massive criminal botnet, global threat
The new worm is a global threat. This has real potential to do damage…
Apple pulls ‘old and inaccurate’ antivirus support article; says ‘Macs are secure right out of box’
Apple’s support page, “Mac OS: Antivirus utilities,” that the company originally published in June 2007…
Increased popularity of Macs and iPhones may attract hackers
A report by Agence Presse-France from this year’s DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas…
Report: Microsoft’s Windows Vista ‘security’ rendered completely useless by new ‘unfixable’ exploit
This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely…
Roger L. Kay: ‘Apple’s Icarus Effect’
Just as those living in shiny houses of self-righteous glass often end up surrounded…
The Financial Times tries spreading some Apple Mac security FUD
After years of relative safety, the Apple Mac is becoming an increasingly tempting target for malicious computer hackers…
The Apple Mac OS X Malware Myth continues
“Continuing a non-story that will never die, Wired Magazine has an article about the threat of Mac OS X malware…
Security: Apple vs. Microsoft
“Windows enthusiasts weary of making excuses for Microsoft’s security failures…
Security consultants find flaw that allows them to take control of Apple iPhone
A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple’s…
Obvious Fact: Apple’s Mac OS X is vastly more secure than Microsoft’s Windows
Apple has plugged around 100 vulnerabilities in OS X…
eWeek: The Mac platform is more secure than Windows and will continue to be so
The Mac platform is more secure than Windows…
Does Apple’s Mac OS X face security threat due to iPhone?
The iPhone — Apple’s first cellphone — could leave the company facing problems…
CanSecWest’s $10,000 ‘Hack a Mac’ challenge relaxes barriers, finds exploitable hole in Safari
After two Apple MacBook Pros survived the first day of CanSecWest’s ‘PWN to OWN’ contest…
Apple’s Mac OS X is inherently more secure than Microsoft’s Windows
In case you missed it, there’s a virus for…
Apple’s Mac OS X is more secure than Microsoft’s Windows Vista
While an increasing number of bugs have been found…
Security flaw puts puts Windows, including Vista, PCs at risk; malware already observed in the wild
A new security vulnerability puts Windows users at risk of serious cyberattacks…
We read Symantec’s report: Microsoft WIndows not listed as ‘most secure OS’
Under the headline “Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS,” Internetnews.com’s Andy Patrizio writes…
National Security Agency gives Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger glowing security endorsement
The National Security Agency – the U.S. government’s cryptologic organization…
Lack of Apple Mac malware baffles expert
Apple’s Mac OS X remains almost completely free of any sort of malware…