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USB Malware Warning for Apple’s Snow Leopard3 ,September, 2009 From Dror Todress |
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.
Tags: Internet Security Threat, Malware, of malware attacks, scanning for malware, Secure USB drive for Macs, Tips for USB Security, USB flash drive, USB thumb drives
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