We just got back from WWDC, where we spent time, like almost everyone else, looking mainly at iPhone-related items. There were also a few security-related sessions, but these, like most of the conference, were under non-disclosure. So there isn’t much security news we can talk about. But a couple public items spring to mind:

Apple announced the next major release of Mac OS X, called Snow Leopard. As the name implies, Snow Leopard is mainly a set of internal changes and enhances to the current version of Mac OS X, Leopard:

1. “Taking a break from adding new features, Snow Leopard — scheduled to ship in about a year — builds on Leopard’s enormous innovations by delivering a new generation of core software technologies that will streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality.”
   

Although not explicitly stated, it’s a pretty safe bet that a good part of “new standards for quality” is in fact “new standards for security.”

The other potentially significant item is a set of changes to what has to-date been called .Mac. Soon to be rebranded as “Mobile Me” (since it’s certainly not just about Macs any more), a number of additional network services are being added to this already very powerful online system. Although most of these new services are clearly driven by the iPhone, they will be fed from the iPhone user’s Mac or PC. In particular, Mobile Me is being billed as “Your desktop anywhere.” As more details come out, we should be able to better talk about what will no doubt be a large number of security issues around these new services.