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Meet 'Flame', The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers [Security]
A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation.More »
Scan Your Mac for Malware With Bitdefender
About a month ago, the world learned of one of the first malware threats to do real damage to a large swath of Mac users. Known as “Flashback” because it masked itself as an update to Adobe Flash, the trojan reportedly infected over half a million Mac users. Once the trojan successful...
Piezoelectric Viruses Produce Electricity in a Pinch [Video]
The problem with current piezoelectric systems is that they're typically made from toxic materials. But boffins at the Berkeley Lab have devised an ingeniously green alternative—current-creating bacteriophages.More »
Weekly Poll: Do You Still Trust Your Mac's Security?
Do You Still Trust Your Mac’s Security?We’ve seen countless Chicken Littles screaming that the sky is falling for years, but in 2012 we seem to be seeing more stories than ever about the supposed end of the superiority of Macs when it comes to security flaws and outside attacks. New r...
Weekly Poll: Do You Still Trust Your Mac's Security?
Do You Still Trust Your Mac’s Security?We’ve seen countless Chicken Littles screaming that the sky is falling for years, but in 2012 we seem to be seeing more stories than ever about the supposed end of the superiority of Macs when it comes to security flaws and outside attacks. New r...
Are "Beneficial Viruses" The Future Of Mobile Security?
Could viruses actually protect company data on an iPhone or iPad? The BYOD movement has transformed the relationship between IT staffers and other employees in a wide range of companies. While there are benefits to BYOD, there are also headaches – and securing data on personal devices and/o...
Twenty percent of Macs examined infected with Windows malware
Sophos looked at 100,000 Mac computers and found that one in every five has some form of malware. This might sound alarming, but before you stare at your machine in disgust, you should get some perspective.The survey looked at 100,000 OS X machines that are running Sophos's free Mac anti-virus so...
The Feds Will Shut off Your Internet If You Don't Clean Your Computer by July 9 [Trojans]
When the FBI and Estonian authorities finally crushed the DNSChanger Trojan network in January, they set up a temporary DNS exchange to maintain connectivity for the millions of infected users until they could wipe the bug from their systems.More »
Five Major Lessons IT Needs To Learn From The Flashback Fiasco
Flashback threat may be fading, but companies shouldn't get complacent about Mac malware With the number of Flashback-infected Macs dwindling more each day and Apple’s release of software updates that can both clean an infected Mac and prevent infection or reinfection, it’s easy f...
Apple Suffers More Vulnerabilities Than Google, Microsoft, Adobe In Last Quarter
Think Apple's software is free from vulnerabilities? You couldn't be more wrong. Apple’s operating systems and its software are generally believed to be the best available in terms of security and stability, but a new report from Trend Micro reveals that’s a huge misconception...
