The State of IT Security [Infographic]

Apr 19, 2012 by

The State of IT Security [Infographic]

Word is getting out that Mac is getting its dose of viruses although the truth is they weren’t really all that safe in the first place, just safer by comparison. Security is never really a thing we leave to the manufacturers because if we did, it would be at our peril. New forms of viruses, trojans, malware and clickjacking storm the Web every day compromising servers and records, stealing...

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Latest Mac Malware Attack Is a Wake-Up Call for OS ...

Apr 18, 2012 by

Latest Mac Malware Attack Is a Wake-Up Call for OS X Users

By Christina Bonnington / Courtesy of Wired.com Mac users were once relatively insulated from malware attacks, if only because their OS platform didn’t attract the attention of criminals. But now a spike in security threats is making it clear that the bad guys are no longer ignoring Apple’s OS X. The latest Mac security threat, a variant of the “LuckyCat” attack, takes advantage of an...

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Spammers Exploit Facebook & Amazon Cloud

Jan 28, 2012 by

Spammers Exploit Facebook & Amazon Cloud

One of our favorite security blogs, F-Secure, recently posted the following informative article regarding some new malicious methods of Facebook spammers. Firefox and Chrome are used as avenues to further spread the scam via Facebook by use of a fraudulent YouTube browser plugin. A fake Facebook page displays a plugin installation if visited from either of those two browsers. Facebook is recently...

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Mac Malware Summary 2011

Jan 20, 2012 by

Mac Malware Summary 2011

Courtesy of F-Secure.com: Brod, a researcher on the Threat Research team over at F-Secure.com has been tasked with tracking emerging Mac based threats. Microsoft Excel is one of the tools he uses to chart variants. From April to December 2011, there have been several dozen new Mac threats. Well, that’s nothing when compared to Windows malware — but it’s definitely something when...

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