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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:13:00 PDT
Computerworld Australia reports on a blog post from Sophos security expert
Graham Cluley published earlier this month detailing changes to Apple's "Why
you'll love a Mac" OS X marketing pages on the topic of security. The
changes, which come after a significant malware attack from Flashback
earlier this year, focus more of the text of OS X's built-in security
features rather than implying Macs are immune to viruses and suggesting that
users do not need to take any action to protect themselves.
Apple removed the previous statement "It doesn't get PC viruses" and
replaced it with "It's built to be safe," and "Safeguard your data. By doing
nothing" with "Safety. Built in." [...]
In addition to changing its marketing messages, Apple has released a
security guide for the iPhone operating system iOS and announced in February
that OS X 10.8, or Mountain Lion, would include a new feature called
Gatekeeper that would restrict which applications users can install on their
devices.
Beyond the increased security features such as Gatekeeper making their way
into OS X Mountain Lion, Apple is also working to reduce vulnerabilities in
third-party platforms such as Java that are frequently exploited by malware
authors. Apple has been working to shift responsibility for Java updates to
the OpenJDK in order to make them more timely and has also been pushing out
software updates to disable Java by default if it goes unused for a period
of time. |
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