Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware

People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventuality of widespread malware is a good idea. People who believe that the fundamental design of Macs will prevent them from [...]

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Bogus McDonald’s, Coca Cola Promos Used as Worm Carriers

Seems like McDonald’s and Coca Cola are cyber criminals’ promoters of choice this season – two spoofed emails that claim to be from both of the highly popular brands were recently found by the Trend Micro Content Security Team. Each messages trumpets a Christmas promotion, and instructs the recipient to open the attached coupon [...]

Microsoft’s Live Search (finally) adds malware warnings

Microsoft’s Live Search team has officially announced the integration of warnings for potentially malware infected sites within Live Search, following last week’s introduction of a malware warning service aimed at webmasters. According to a post by Christian Seifert, Software Design Engineer at Live Search Anti-Spam & Anti-Malware Team, as of today, users of Microsoft’s [...]

E pur se muove (and yet it moves)

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Ivan Arce On January 15, 2008, the Vatican released a statement indicating that Pope Benedict XVI had canceled his visit to Italian La Sapienza University as a result of a series of protests during the previous days. The event marked the latest milestone of controversy that [...]

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Malware attacks on all fronts

Malware authors and distributors didn’t take a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Over the past few days a new worm targeting Mac OS X has hit the Interweb as well as a new Windows Trojan that targets the vulnerability Microsoft patched in October. Plus, there’s quite convincing phising attacks targeting both Capital One and Bank [...]