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Apple enhances Apple ID account security

iOS device owners whose Apple ID account may have triggered a flag with Apple’s security team have been asked to set up three new security questions and a backup email …

Apple pushes out Flashback removal tool

Apple has finally released a Flashback malware removal tool bundled with two new Java security updates – one for OS X Lion and one for Snow Leopard users. Both updates …

Flashback botnet shrinks, downloads of Mac AV software rise

News that nearly two percent of all Mac users have had their computers infected by the Flashback malware which roped them into a 600K strong botnet has hit the Mac community …

Flashfake removal tool

Update April 12, 2012: The tool has temporarily been removed, more details here. In response to the recent discovery of the Flashfake botnet, Kaspersky Lab has announced the …

600K strong Flashback botnet comprises mostly Macs

There has been a lot of talk and speculation about the size of the botnet formed by computers targeted with the Flashback malware and whether all these machines were, in fact, …

Using Mac OS X Lion Server

If you’re considering a Mac OS X server for your small business, school, nonprofit, or home network, Using Mac OS X Lion Server will help you get up and running in no …

Bogus Apple gift card offer leads to phishing

An email purportedly sent by Apple and offering to long term customers the possibility of buying a gift card worth a 100 Australian dollars for the price of 9 has been …

Apple patches critical Java flaw

Apple released a critical update for the Java implementation on Mac OS X, for both Lion and Snow Leopard. This update comes almost two months after the release of the …

Apple, Facebook and others named in privacy lawsuit

Thirteen individuals have filed a lawsuit against a number of app makers including Path, Facebook, Instagram, Yelp and Rovio, accusing them of uploading the information stored …

Apple fixes 83 vulnerabilities in Safari

Apple issued a patch for Safari, fixing 83 vulnerabilities, 72 of which were rated critical. Since Safari and Chrome both use WebKit, the open-source browser engine, it allows …

Apple iOS 5.1 released, updates security

Apple released the iOS 5.1 software update which comes with a variety of improvements and bug fixes. CFNetwork An issue existed in CFNetwork’s handling of malformed …

Social mobile apps found storing users’ contacts without permission

A week ago, app developer Arun Thampi made public his discovery that Path – a popular iOS app that allows users to keep a journal of their everyday life and share it …

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