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Macs: To Antivirus or Not To Antivirus

Patches from Sun, VMware, Gentoo, others Intego finds new variant of RSPlug Trojan Horse Apple removes antivirus support page, and other interesting reading Sign up for this newsletter now! Sun patches at least 14 bugs in Java Sun patched ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  3 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Symantec

Malware attacks on all fronts

New OS X Malcode: Not Just a DNSChanger Seems that Apple’s OS X has been taking a minor beating in the malcode front lately, as noted in the blog post New Trojans Strike OS X from CA. I got a copy of it last night and had a look, I wanted to see what ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  30 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Capital One,  Symantec,  Barack Obama,  Bank of America

Linux vendors patch XML parser

Sign up for this newsletter now! Most of the major Linux vendors have released patches for a pair of bugs in libxml2, an XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project. Both bugs could be exploited in a denial of service attack ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  19 Nov 2008

Patch Tuesday Lite on tap from Microsoft

Microsoft plans puny patch slate next week Microsoft Thursday said it will release only two security updates on Tuesday -- down from the 11 issued in October's mammoth Patch Tuesday -- to fix bugs in Windows and Office. One of the two will be rated ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  9 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Malware authors get busy in down economy

What do malware authors do when the stock market is down? Patches from Mandriva, Debian, rPath Sign up for this newsletter now! What do malware authors do when the stock market is down? Increase their rate of malware distribution in an ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  29 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.

To patch or not to patch

Patches from Ubuntu, Debian, Mandriva, others 'Experimental' security fix is malware, Microsoft says Black box for the enterprise protects data from terrorists, hurricanes, and other interesting reading Sign up for this newsletter now! ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  15 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Adobe Systems

Patch Tuesday and a full moon: A bad combo?

Sign up for this newsletter now! Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug Microsoft Thursday acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a vulnerability it acknowledged six months ago, but has yet to patch. It's not clear ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  12 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Apple, Inc.,  Symantec

Cisco patches Unity flaw

Patches from Cisco, Debian, Mandriva Clickjackers could hijack Webcams, microphones, Adobe warns Firefox extension blocks dangerous Web attack, and other interesting reading Sign up for this newsletter now! Seven new updates from ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  8 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Symantec

Major DoS vulnerabilites in TCP/IP

Patches from Ubuntu Encrypted image backups open to new attack CAN-SPAM: What went wrong?, and other interesting reading Sign up for this newsletter now! Security researcher reveals iPhone design flaws Apple's iPhone has two design flaws ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  5 Oct 2008

Phishers and scammers use bleak economic news to lure victims

Scammers using gloomy economic news to lure victims Patches from Mandriva, Ubuntu Prominent Web sites found to have serious coding flaw, and other interesting reading Sign up for this newsletter now! Not surprisingly, scammers and ...

From JASON MESERVE, NetworkWorld,  1 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Skype,  Symantec

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