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    The Safety Through Obscurity Myth

    March 23rd, 2010

    In the early days of the Classic Mac OS, we had a few virus infections. I recall working at a design studio in the late 1980s, when we’d get loads of floppies that were infected by a so-called desktop virus. Without going into boring detail, the malware embedded itself into the desktop files used by […]


    The Myth of Mac OS Security Rears its Ugly Head (Again)

    March 26th, 2005

    Those of us who reside in the Mac universe have had a relative freedom from computer viruses and other malware. Sure, we had a few dozen viruses back in the days of the Classic Mac OS, but since Mac OS X came about, the worst we’ve seen were proofs of concept. In other words, the […]