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Online social media etc. What Really Happens When You "Like" | garymoyers.com. I have long held suspicions that the Like button on Facebook is not your friend. I’m sure you’ve seen some of the pictures floating around Facebook that seem to make no sense. There seems to be no end to the litany of crossword puzzles asking you to “type the first word you see.” Maybe you’ve seen a picture of… well, almost anything that might elicit a reaction, asking you to “share if you agree, Like of you don’t.” How about the innumerable political posts, calling for impeachment or support? Are all those posts really put out there by people who care? Then, of course, you see a good number of “If I get 100,000 likes, my dad will take me to Disneyland.”
It all seems quite innocent, but you need to understand that this is big business, and commenting or liking is not in your best interest. Here’s a perfect example: have you seen the colorful picture of a prism with the image from the cover of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album in it? Like Farming Your Likes Equal Big Bucks. iTunes window takes over my entire. Mac malware exploits unpatched drive-by Java vulnerability. Over 170,000 people are part of the Sophos community on Facebook.
Why not join us on Facebook to find out about the latest security threats. Hi fellow Twitter user! Follow our team of security experts on Twitter for the latest news about internet security threats. Already using Google+? Find us on Google+ for the latest security news. Malware striking Mac computers is making the headlines again, this time exploiting a drive-by vulnerability in Java that has left Apple users dangerously exposed to attack. The new Mac malware exploits a Java vulnerability (known as CVE-2012-0507), that Apple users are still not patched against.
Apple users won't feel any consolation at all in the knowledge that their Windows cousins have been protected against the flaw since February. Sophos security products identify the various components of the Mac malware attack as Exp/20120507-A, Troj/JavaDl-JI, OSX/Dloadr-DMU and OSX/Flshplyr-B - intercepting the threat before it can compromise Mac owners' computers.
Oracle updates Java, supports OS X, claims full and timely updates for Apple users. Apple and Java have had an on-again, off-again relationship for a while now. Back in the mists of time - actually, just under three years ago, when OS X 10.6 appeared - Macs came with Java as part of the OS X distribution. And not just the JRE - the Runtime Environment you need to run other people's Java programs on your computer - but the three-times-the-size, all-singing, all-dancing JDK. That's the Development Kit - the JRE plus the stuff you need to build your own Java software. Whenever Sun (now Oracle) announced an update to Java - whether for features, security patches or both - most users could head over to the download motherlode on the Sun-now-Oracle site and grab the latest and greatest JRE or JDK. But not Mac users. Java updates for OS X were effectively contracted out to Apple, and delivered only via Apple's own Software Update service.
Today, at least as far as Java installs go, it seems we've come full circle. Confused? Here's what I suggest for OS X users: 1. 2. 3. 4. Java SE Downloads. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 12A178Q Known Issues. As Apple launched its new Mountain Lion build for testing last week, few reports mentioned the known issues listed by Apple in the seed notes. In fact, there are no dedicated reports that look at this aspect in particular, and these are important things to note, if we’re to properly assess Apple’s progress. The company run by Tim Cook says it wants to get Mountain Lion out by the end of summer. However, the huge list of known issues would have us think otherwise.
For example, systems that have FileVault enabled may be unable to present a password dialog at boot time when canceling the restart to the Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3 Installer. Testers can repair the problem by holding down command-R to boot to the Recovery OS and use Disk Utility to unlock and Repair their volume. Another drawback, installing any developer preview of Mountain Lion over any version of OS X Lion under 10.7.2 with FileVault turned on may fail.