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Entries in Condition:YELLOW (6)

Wednesday
May252011

Condition Remains GREEN

We have activated RESPONSE, our Command and Control and Information Clearing House Center to handle all aspects of our on going MacDefender/MacProtector/MacSecurity and MacGuard response.

RESPONSE Includes the following

  • Background.
  • How to Remove.
  • How to Protect.
  • All information we know that we share publicly.

Condition Continues to be GREEN since we still consider this rouge Anti-Virus LOW RISK. However since the base of users that are reporting issues has increased we activate RESPONSE, our single clearing house related to specific MacSecurity event. 

Thursday
Jan062011

Condition Set YELLOW

A report by the BBC indicates that a Chinese auction site is selling iTunes account passwords obtained in iPhishing attacks, Apple servers remain un-compromised. Users should change their iTunes passwords, no list has been generated and made public as to who was compromised. It is best practice to do the following.

  • Change your Apple ID and iTunes password today.
  • It should be that part of your best practices to change your iTunes password on a monthly bases.

iTunes accounts are high value targets for criminals.