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Microsoft's Macs Get Infected, Too

by Alexon February 23, 2013 17:06 EST

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In a blog post made by the Microsoft Security Response Center, the company admitted to joining an elite group of cyberattack victims. All through February announcements were made by Twitter, Facebook and most recently Apple, who all may have dealt with the same malware.

Apple Gets Attacked By Hackers

by Alexon February 20, 2013 5:26 EST

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Apple was the latest victim of a targeted OSX malware infection which turned out to be the same exploit that hit Facebook and Twitter recently. The offending Java plug-in has been identified and Apple have issued a security update. Apparently no data was compromised.

Facebook Is The Latest Victim Of Hackers

by Alexon February 16, 2013 12:14 EST

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In a blog post yesterday, Facebook revealed it was the latest target of sophisticated hacking. Employee laptops were infected but so far no user data seems to have been compromised. Other high-profile targets in recent weeks include The New York Times and Twitter.

MS Security Essentials Flunks AV-TESTS Again

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by Deanon January 19, 2013 15:56 EST

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In Av-test's latest update on their testing of Microsoft's Security Essentials anti-malware product, they once again show Microsoft not quite reaching the industry average of detecting zero-day malware. Microsoft responds with its own information about it.

US-CERT Says Java Too Dangerous, Uninstall Now

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by Deanon January 12, 2013 9:55 EST

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In a security advisory issued by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), they recommend that, due to a recent vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment, computer users should disable the Java Client completely in their web browsers.

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory For Users Of IE6, 7 & 8

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by Deanon December 30, 2012 8:19 EST

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In a security advisory that Microsoft released yesterday, they are investigating a public report that users of Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 could be vulnerable to another new exploit. Users of IE 9 and IE 10 are not at risk.