The steel MacCuff mini secures the Mac mini to the back of a display, under a desk or under a table. It includes a 33cm DVI-to-VGA monitor cable and two cable ties to secure the cables to the bracket. It features an open-frame design that provides for normal Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
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(Via Macworld.)
While OS X has long included basic firewall software, Leopard introduced some significant changes to it, leaving many Leopard users confused as to how to keep their Macs secure. But though the firewall interface in Mac OS X 10.5 is indeed quite different from that in earlier versions of the OS, it’s still relatively easy to use.
(Via 123 Mac Mini.)
Apple has released Security Update 2008-002 v1.0 for Tiger (PPC and Universal) and Leopard via Mac OS X’s Software Update utility and on the Web.
(Via MacInTouch.)
The cross-platform multimedia player addresses security vulnerabilities in the Web interface, Subtitle demuxer, Real RTSP demuxer, SDL_image library and MP4 demuxer.
(Via The Mac Observer.)
The Mac OS X firewall can block some or all inbound connections.
However, to be 100 percent secure, the vigilant Mac OS X user should
also monitor and manage outbound connections. Little Snitch is one program that can
do that
(Via myapplemenu.)
by Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
An attacker exploiting the security flaw could create an e-mail attachment that appears to be, for example, a JPEG image file, but executes malicious code when clicked on, without the warning dialogue that should be present.
(Via Apple Support – Most Recent Mac OS X Articles.)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard includes a new technology called the Application Firewall.
One of the basic purposes of a firewall is to control connections made to your computer from other computers on the network. In most firewall software, you must know the network ports and protocols an application uses to communicate, in order to control that application’s network connections.
Note: This article applies to the version of the Application Firewall included with Mac OS X 10.5.1 and later. Update to Mac OS X 10.5.1 or later if you have not yet done so.
The Firewall in Leopard is an
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