Malware articles

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  Google notifying 500,000 users affected with DNSChanger on its search results page

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 23, 2012 04:53 pm + 15 comments

  DNSChanger is the malware that just won't die — the massive botnet was shut down last year, but it Continue reading…

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  Android Malware Genome Project wants to fight malware by understanding it

  By Andrew Webster on May 23, 2012 11:14 am + 12 comments

  Android malware is increasingly becoming a concern for users, but a team of researchers at North Continue reading…

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  PSA: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users can download Flashback removal tool now

  By Dieter Bohn on May 15, 2012 12:49 am + 10 comments

  If you're still using the Leopard version of Mac OS X and Apple's free Snow Leopard DVD offer didn't Continue reading…

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  Kaspersky Lab investigates OS X security, but investigation not undertaken at Apple's request (update)

  By Andrew Webster on May 14, 2012 02:35 pm + 25 comments

  Not long after its CEO claimed that Apple was a decade behind Microsoft in terms of security, Continue reading…

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  Adobe working on a patch for 'critical' TIFF vulnerability in CS5 software

  By Jamie Keene on May 12, 2012 10:01 am + 14 comments

  Contrary to reports that Adobe had suggested users should pay for an upgrade to CS6 to patch a Continue reading…

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  Microsoft addresses 23 flaws and additional Duqu-related attack vectors in May Patch Tuesday

  By Tom Warren on May 9, 2012 05:37 am + 2 comments

  Microsoft originally addressed a Duqu malware vulnerability around five months ago, but the company Continue reading…

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  Apple pushes developers to prepare for Mountain Lion's Gatekeeper security feature

  By Bryan Bishop on May 1, 2012 02:21 am + 33 comments

  Whereas the Mac App Store provides an iOS-style curated app experience, current Mac owners are also Continue reading…

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  Oracle announces direct Java support for OS X, Mac to get security updates the same time as Windows

  By Bryan Bishop on April 28, 2012 12:40 pm + 34 comments

  Earlier this month, Apple released an update to Java version 1.6.0_31 for OS X — but not before an Continue reading…

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  Kaspersky claims Apple is '10 years behind Microsoft' on security

  By Tom Warren on April 26, 2012 05:25 am + 506 comments

  A Flashback trojan, that affected more than 600,000 OS X users earlier this month, has industry Continue reading…

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  Facebook partners with McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft, others to offer free antivirus software, expanded URL blacklist

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 25, 2012 12:00 pm + 28 comments

  Upwards of 90 percent of "hacked" Facebook accounts don't get compromised on Facebook, the company Continue reading…