Apple admits Mac scareware infections, promises cleaning tool
Apple on Tuesday promised an update for Mac OS X that will find and delete the MacDefender fake security software, and warn still-unaffected users when they download the bogus program.
View ArticleMac Defender malware: A survival guide for OS X users
Apple says it has a fix in the works for the Mac Defender fake antivirus app that has plagued a surprising number of Mac users in recent weeks. The company recently posted a Mac Defender support page...
View ArticleNewest MacDefender scareware installs without a password
Hours after Apple owned up to a fake security software scam campaign, the "scareware" gang released a new variant, with a new name and a streamlined installation process that doesn't prompt victims for...
View ArticleMac Malware is back. Your move, Apple
Apple may have conquered the Mac Defender malware with an official support page and a promise to wipe out the problem through a software update, but that's not stopping malware authors from fighting back.
View ArticleIs MacDefender malware a sign of the Macpocalypse?
There is a new world order. MacDefender, and subsequently MacGuard, demonstrate that the inherent security by obscurity of the Mac is fading, and that attackers are looking at the bigger picture.
View ArticleMac scareware gang evades Apple's new anti-malware defenses
The gang responsible for a month-long plague of fake Mac security software has already updated their "scareware" to evade defenses Apple put in place late Tuesday, a security company confirmed today.
View ArticleMac scareware gang, Apple trade blows yet again
Scareware makers on Friday again changed their fake security software scam, while Apple issued the third signature update in as many days to combat the con.
View ArticleAndroid Becoming Prime Target for Malware Makers
Attacks on Android by malware writers have jumped 76 percent over the last three months, making it the most assaulted mobile operating system on earth during the period, according to a report by...
View ArticleApple strikes stolen SSL certificates from OS X
Apple today released an update to Mac OS X that blocks Safari users from reaching sites secured with certificates stolen from a Dutch company last summer.
View ArticleNew Mac malware poses as PDF doc
Security firms today warned Mac users of a new Trojan horse that masquerades as a PDF document.
View ArticleApple updates OS X to block Mac Trojan
Apple has updated the bare-bones antivirus protection included with Mac OS X to detect a Trojan horse that poses as a PDF document.
View ArticleMicrosoft's botnet take-down helps protect Mac users
Mac users can thank Microsoft for taking down a small but dangerous botnet.
View ArticleApple ships Java update, malware scrubber after confirming attacks on own Macs
The day it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a "drive-by" Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the Oracle software for older systems and released a malware detection tool.
View ArticleMac malware: New Gatekeeper bypassing Mac OS X virus discovered
Security company Intego has discovered a new OS X backdoor trojan virus, dubbed Pintsized, that bypasses Gatekeeper to infect Macs and can help attackers get past firewalls by initiating an encrypted...
View ArticleNew 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 conference in Norway.
View ArticleNew digitally signed Mac malware confuses users with right-to-left file name...
A new piece of digitally signed spyware for Mac OS X uses a special Unicode character in its file name to hide its real file extension from users and trick them into installing it.
View ArticleGerman security firm offers unauthorized patch for critical encryption bug in...
A German security company has released an unauthorized patch for Apple's OS X Mavericks that it claimed closes the hole the Cupertino, Calif. giant left wide open in the operating system's...
View ArticleOS X security patches have been issued--patch NOW
If you're using Mac OS X, fire up the App Store: Apple has issued a series of security patches. Details can be found in an article on ZDNet here:
View ArticleApple users put at risk by 3-week delay between OS X and iOS patches,...
Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch the same vulnerabilities in the mobile OS that it previously fixed in Safari on OS X, a former Apple security engineer...
View ArticleApple's Yosemite OS shares Spotlight search terms by default
Apple is being called out for how it shares desktop and Web searches in its latest desktop operating system, Yosemite.
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