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  Apple tweaks its Mac OS X marketing, softens security claims

  By Amar Toor on June 26, 2012 02:12 am + 80 comments

  Apple has long claimed that its Mac OS X software is immune to viruses, but according to the Continue reading…

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  US and Israel developed Flame malware to attack Iranian nuclear program

  By T.C. Sottek on June 19, 2012 08:02 pm + 83 comments

  The Washington Post reports that the US and Israel cooperated to create the Flame malware — a Continue reading…

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  Microsoft releases digital certificate updater in response to Flame malware

  By Kimber Streams on June 14, 2012 12:48 pm + 6 comments

  A Microsoft update released this week introduces a digital certificate updater designed to notify Continue reading…

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  Java for Mac update stops web browsers from automatically running applets

  By Adi Robertson on June 13, 2012 12:02 pm + 2 comments

  Apple users on the last two versions of Mac OS X are getting a security upgrade for Java. The new Continue reading…

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  New evidence of Flame malware 'suicide' code

  By Kimber Streams on June 8, 2012 11:11 am + 64 comments

  Security firm Symantec has witnessed Flame malware removing itself from infected machines, Continue reading…

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  Google now warning users of 'state-sponsored' web attacks

  By Adi Robertson on June 5, 2012 05:07 pm + 36 comments

  Are government-backed hackers trying to compromise your Gmail account? If so, Google wants to warn Continue reading…

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  Emergency Windows Update released to thwart spoofed Microsoft certificate in Flame malware

  By Tom Warren on June 4, 2012 09:18 am + 16 comments

  Microsoft released an emergency Windows Update over the weekend to address a certificate spoof Continue reading…

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  White House to webcast summit on botnet threats at 8:30AM EDT

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 30, 2012 08:01 am + 4 comments

  The White House will webcast a summit titled Building Cybersecurity Partnerships and Promoting Continue reading…

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  'Flame' cyberespionage worm discovered on thousands of machines across Middle East

  By Dante D'Orazio on May 28, 2012 12:20 pm + 32 comments

  The UN's International Telecommunications Union and Kaspersky Labs revealed today that it has Continue reading…

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  Makers of fake 'Angry Birds' malware fined £50,000 over premium SMS scam

  By Adi Robertson on May 24, 2012 03:33 pm + 33 comments

  Fake Android apps (as well as those on other platforms) are common, but a company that specialized Continue reading…