Is it really true that it’s only a matter of time before Macintosh users are under siege by a flood of viruses and malware? McAfee announced recently that 2011 would be a bad year for people using Apple computers, as hackers will be increasingly attracted by growing Mac market share. It’s not at all [...]
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In the past few weeks, my colleagues and I have been exchanging views about the changes we’ve seen in the threat landscape in 2010. It didn’t come as a surprise therefore that Web threats dominated the threat landscape throughout the entire year. As the general public further integrated Internet usage into their everyday lives, [...] The end of 2010 is near and I thought I’d take the time out to recap how the year has been malware-wise. This is my list of the top 10 most remarkable malware families that surfaced in 2010: STUXNET. It was remarkable because of its sophistication and use for espionage. It was thought to [...] Bargain hunters: Be patient and you’ll often find McAfee on sale at a deep discount: The company’s Internet Security 2011 (regularly $65 for one year, three PCs as of 12/2/2010) is often available for as little as $40, making it by far the cheapest way to secure the PCs you have at home. Read entire [...] As 2010 comes to a close, here’s a list of the riskiest items we encountered in the past year: Hardware The riskiest hardware device used in 2010 was the German identification card reader. These cards contain encoded private information such as fingerprints. Unfortunately, the information on them can be quite easily stolen by using certain [...] |
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