The problem with Apple IDs

Our Apple IDs are crucial to many of the Apple services we rely on: All the content we buy via iTunes, all our data stored in iCloud, communications systems like iMessage and FaceTime, even ordering physical goods from Apple’s online store.

Apple and the enterprise: A complicated relationship

When Microsoft shipped Windows 2000 and Active Directory, Apple didn’t really have a solution for identity management or for linking Macs to an enterprise network. The company was just beginning the transition from its classic Mac OS – the first version of which had shipped on the first Mac in 1984 — to OS X.

"Jekyll" test attack sneaks through Apple App Store, wreaks havoc on iOS

Acting like a software version of a Transformer robot, a malware test app sneaked through Apple’s review process disguised as a harmless app, and then re-assembled itself into an aggressive attacker even while running inside the iOS “sandbox” designed to isolate apps and data from each other.

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