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Two More Java Zero Days Found by Polish Research Team
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/26/2013 04:58 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Polish security firm Security Explorations has discovered two new vulnerabilities in Java
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Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Found in VLC Media Player
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/31/2013 07:44 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
A buffer overflow could occur in VideoLAN's VLC cross-platform multimedia player when attempting to parse a specially crafted advanced systems format (ASF) movie, a researcher reported
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Firefox 18 Brings 21 Updates, Fixes Nearly 3000 Bugs
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/10/2013 10:43 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Developers at Mozilla have pushed out the latest build of their flagship Firefox browser, fixing several security and stability issues for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android platforms
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Tutorial: How to protect your Mac against viruses
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/02/2012 10:53 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Oracle takes charge of Mac OS X Java security
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 08/15/2012 08:03 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/Crisis Discovered
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 07/25/2012 08:55 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
New Java malware attacks Apple's OS X along with Windows, Linux
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 07/12/2012 09:11 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Apple Insider reports that a new form of browser-based cross-platform malware can give hackers remote access to computers running Apple's OS X, Microsoft's Windows, and even Linux.
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Security Firm Symantec Analyzes the Profitability of the OSX.Flashback Botnet
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 05/17/2012 09:40 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Security firm Symantec previously estimated that the authors of the Flashback malware that affected hundreds of thousands of Macs at its peak could have been generating up to 10,000 per day by hijacking users' ad clicks.
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Microsoft Detects New Malware Targeting Apple Computers
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 05/02/2012 08:13 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft has detected a new piece of malware targeting Apple OS X computers that exploits a vulnerability in the Office productivity suite patched nearly three years ago.
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Kaspersky Labs: Apple's Security 10 Years Behind Microsoft
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 04/26/2012 08:23 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Kaspersky says Apple needs to change its approach to updates and patches for its machines
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20% of all Macs 'infected by malware'
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 04/24/2012 04:21 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Apple's usually flawless reputation as a computing company that doesn't have to worry about the threat of viruses looks to be in doubt.
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Flashback Trojan spread by Wordpress web sites
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 04/21/2012 10:03 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Compromised Wordpress web sites have been sending visitors to malware hosts that infect Mac OS X systems with the Flashback Trojan, security outfit Kaspersky Lab has reported.
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Flashback infections not waning after all; 650,000 Macs still hijacked
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 04/21/2012 10:01 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Analysis declaring the demise of the Flashback Mac backdoor has been greatly exaggerated, said researchers with a Russia-based antivirus firm, who on late Friday estimated there are 650,000 unique OS X machines currently infected by the malware.
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Flashback Trojan FAQ
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 04/10/2012 10:47 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The success of the Flashback Trojan means a new era in Mac security. But don't panic -- here's what Flashback's spread means and what you need to know and do.
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MacDefender shows the way for OS X malware in 2012
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/25/2012 09:08 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The rise of the infamous MacDefender malware in 2011 has set an example cyber criminals are likely to follow in the coming year.
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Adobe Fixes 12 Critical Flaws in Flash
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/11/2011 05:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Adobe has released patches for a string of critical vulnerabilities in Flash on all of the major supported platforms
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New Mac Malware Variants Found in Trojaned Apps Are Stealing Data
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/05/2011 09:53 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Researchers have discovered a series of variants of the DevilRobber Mac OS X Trojan that have a menu of different capabilities, depending upon the strain, and can not only mine Bitcoins using the infected machine's processing power, but also steals files, installs a Web proxy and may steal the user's Safari browsing history.
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Tsunami backdoor trojan ported from Linux to take control of Macs too
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 10/27/2011 09:07 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
The Linux-based Tsunami backdoor trojan has made its way over to the Mac, according to security firm ESET. The company posted to its blog (hat tip to Macworld) that a Mac-specific variant, OSX/Tsunami.
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Apple Fixes Nearly 80 Bugs in iTunes 10.5
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 10/12/2011 02:14 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
New Mac OS X Trojan Imuler Hides Inside Malicious PDF
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/23/2011 06:27 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Threatpost reports that researchers have come across a sample of an OS X-based Trojan that disguises itself as a PDF file
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Updates for Mac 09/13/11
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/13/2011 04:43 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Microsoft has released the following updates for Mac: Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.2.1, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.3.1 Update, and Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.6.5 Update
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Apple Patches OS X for DigiNotar Threat
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 09/10/2011 09:37 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
PC World posted a story that Apple is rolling out an OS X patch to deal with the DigiNotar threat.
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Serious Crypto Bug Found in PHP 5.3.7
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 08/22/2011 03:28 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Threadpost reports that the maintainers of the PHP scripting language are warning users about a serious crypto problem in the latest release and advising them not to upgrade to PHP 5.3.7 until the bug is resolved.
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Black Hat: iSec condemns OS X network security
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 08/04/2011 09:57 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
V3.co.uk posted a news story that Apple networks are almost trivial to compromise, according to researchers
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Apple Laptop Batteries Can Be Bricked, Firmware Hacked
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 07/22/2011 07:55 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Security researcher Charlie Miller, widely known for his work on Mac OS X and Apple's iOS, has discovered an interesting method that enables him to completely disable the batteries on Apple laptops, making them permanently unusable, and perform a number of other unintended actions.
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