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Features100 more things every Mac user should know: Security
Continuing our guide to 100 more things every Mac user should know, here we cover 49 to 81, some tips and tricks all related to Security. Change...
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NewsResearchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware
Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered ‘KitM’ spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back...
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NewsDeveloper-signed Mac spyware found on Angolan activist’s computer
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights...
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NewsiOS app contains potential malware
An app available for download from Apple’s iOS App Store contains an embedded Trojan horse. And while the good news is that you’re almost definitely...
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NewsSophos’ free Mac security software hits Facebook Antivirus Marketplace
Facebook’s Antivirus Marketplace is now providing the free Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition for users running operating systems from OS...
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NewsNew report details cyberwar rules, puts hackers in crosshairs
Deadly force against organised hackers could be justified under international law, according to a document released last week by a panel of legal...
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BlogsInsecurity complex
The Macalope wonders if there’s a corollary to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines that says something about editors who don’t understand the details...
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News‘NotCompatible’ Android malware showing rise in activity
The “NotCompatible” malware, designed to infect Android devices and turn them into unwitting web proxies, is suddenly showing a sharp...
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NewsSophisticated Trojan horses target banks, Symantec says
The financial sector is under threat from increasingly sophisticated malware attacks a Symantec report has claimed, with many security solutions ineffective...
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NewsDropbox may suffer a spam hangover from its data breach
Some Dropbox users are complaining about unusual volumes of spam directed at them and that they’ve linking to a data breach more than a year...
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NewsResearcher unearths two new Java zero-day bugs
A Polish security firm known for rooting out Java vulnerabilities has reported two new bugs in the browser plug-in to Oracle, Security Explorations...
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NewsWe were hacked, Microsoft admits
Microsoft has disclosed that it recently fell victim to the same type of cyberattack that targeted Apple and Facebook. “During our investigation,...
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NewsUS students get cracking on Chinese malware code
Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-long...
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HelpHow to disable Java on your Mac
With the news that some Apple, Facebook, and Twitter employees’ Macs were hacked, and Apple and Oracle’s subsequent software patches, it’s...
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NewsApple bans Java from Macs, leaving many businesses out in the cold
Apple has bared Java from running on Macs, leaving companies that rely on Java plug-ins out in the cold. Apple blocked Java 7 Update 11 by adding...
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NewsAndroid malware cases to hit 1 million in 2013
The number of distinct Android malware specimens detected will reach 1 million this year, predicts Trend Micro in its annual security roundup report,...
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NewsSpam levels plummet as industry takes aim at botnets
Global spam levels continued to fall in 2012 and even the number of malicious attachments was on the wane, new figures from Kaspersky Lab have suggested....
