A quick word of caution for Mac users: Sophos have identified a piece of malware calling itself “iMunizator” which claims to have detected bogus security and privary risks on OS X machines in an attempt to scare users into buying unneccesary software. Keep a weather eye…
Via: MacWorld

For the security concious (or paranoid?) amongst us, ensuring that deleted files stays deleted is a practical concern.
Recently we had cause to securely wipe and entire HDD, and our research lead us to Jetico’s BCWipePD utility.  Impressed, easy to use, efficient and configurable from plenty-secure to insane-o lockdown. Coverage for IDE, SATA and SCSI means [...]