> Though this does not mean that Apple’s software is the most insecure—the report takes no consideration of the severity of the flaws—it points at a growing trend in the world of security flaws: the role of third-party software. Many of Apple’s flaws are not in its operating system, Mac OS X, but rather in software like Safari, QuickTime, and iTunes. Vendors like Adobe (with Flash and Adobe Reader) and Oracle (with Java) are similarly responsible for many of the flaws being reported. via [arstechnica.com](http:…

> Last week, McAfee [broke](http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/04/broken-mcafee-dat-update-cripples-windows-workstations.ars) a lot of its customers’ computers. A virus definition update caused a false positive identification of a virus within a key Windows file. > > McAfee initially [tried to downplay the issue](http://siblog.mcafee.com/support/mcafee-response-on-current-false-positive-issue/), claiming only “moderate to significant” issues on affected machines, and that the default configuration of its software was harmless. “Not booting properly and being useless for real work” strikes us as somewhat worse than “moderate to significant,” and there are many…

> The current threat from this malware is actually quite low at the moment, as the backdoor would need to be installed by someone with physical access to your machine. Intego notes that it could be deployed as a trojan, using social engineering to convince an unsuspecting user that the installer is actually something else. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/new-potential-malware-could-open-a-back-door-to-your-mac.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)I continue to believe that common sense will do you a lot better as a…