As you may have seen in the last week or so, the latest version of Apple’s Macintosh OS, known as Snow Leopard, includes for the first time features to detect and warn users about some types of malware.

However, a number of external parties have tested these features, and found that they will only detect the specific malware if it’s encountered via a Web browser.  The features will not detect malware if it is carried and inserted into the machine via a removable drive, such as a USB flash drive.

Although Apple has said for many years that Mac users don’t really need to worry about malware, the threat landscape is constantly changing.  So Mac users should be careful about possible infections from any source, whether on the web or by removable media.

We’ve just announced the first secure USB flash drive to fully support Apple Mac OS X computers.  Available now, SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise helps IT professionals more effectively protect information on company-issued secure USB drives in Macintosh environments.

 Cruzer Enterprise supports Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” and Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard.”  Like all drives in the Cruzer Enterprise range, the new Mac version meets the unique USB security, compliance and manageability needs of today’s enterprises by imposing a hardware-based USB encryption solution that puts mandatory access control on all files as protection against theft or loss of the drive.