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Study: Mobile Antivirus Apps Fail the Spyware Test
Against nine apps that offer spyware-like features, no vendor detected more than six of the nine, with the lowest-ranking only detecting a third of the threats.
Study: 32.8 Million Android Phones Infected with Malware
Do you have an anti-virus app on your Android phone yet? If not, a new study conducted by security firm NQ Mobile suggests you’re playing with fire.
10 Ways to Protect Yourself Online
After weeks of media-fueled hullabaloo about DNSChanger all but dooming the Internet — what actually happened as July 9 came and went was even less than Y2K-bug worthy — it’s worth pausing to reflect on why some were infected …
DNSChanger: No, the Internet Isn’t Shutting Down on Monday
Dozens of news outfits are amping up this DNSChanger malware “event” on Monday with stories bearing apocalyptic titles like “Countdown to Internet Doomsday: Will Your Computer Survive?” or “How to Survive Internet Doomsday” or …
DNSChanger: FBI Warns Infected Computers Will Lose Web, Email Access in July
There’s a story circulating that if you don’t ensure your computer is malware-free by July 9, 2012, the FBI will shut off your access to the Internet. Like most such alarmist claims, it’s only partly true, though if you’re a …
Apple Has Its Own Flashback Malware Removal Tool in the Oven
Don’t think Apple’s done enough, after two Java-related security patches, to address a much-reported Mac malware vulnerability? The company says it has new safeguarding measures in the offing.
In a support doc titled “About …
Do-Over: Apple Takes Second Stab at Blocking Mac Trojan
Did you tell your Mac to “check for new software” in view of the worrisome Trojan botnet virus that clambered across the Internet and onto over half a million Macs recently? Download Apple’s Java update to “improve compatibility, …
Like the Titanic, Macs Aren’t Unsinkable: 600,000 Claimed Infected with Botnet Virus
If you still think your Mac is bulletproof, impervious and zip-locked when it comes to viral incursions, let this latest infection fiasco lift the scales from your eyes: Over 600,000 Macs may have succumbed to a Flashback Trojan, …
Do Security Software Companies Go Too Far in Scaring Potential Customers?
A new lawsuit accuses Symantec of fake scans that scare people into buying software they don’t need.
Report Says Android Market Is Number One Source of Mobile Malware
Android has rapidly become the most popular mobile OS and, consequently, the most popular target for malicious software.
Set Your Printer on Fire? Hackers Can Do What?
Imagine: Your printer, at rest in your home office as you’re away at work or maybe out shopping. Suddenly it powers up, humming, making that familiar mechanical shuffling sound so many printers emit during startup. But after a …