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SSCC 91 - Utah explains data breach, Facebook hacker jailed, FlashBack removal for Leopard, Pentagon expands data sharing

by Chester Wisniewski on May 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

This week's Chet Chat returns to our usual news format this week with guest Gary Korhonen (@hundredaire). Gary and Chet discuss the Utah data breach, Facebook hacker's prison term, OS X Leopard's FlashBack removal tool, Pentagon data sharing and Operation Phish Phry sentencing.

Should jailbreaking gaming consoles, mobile phones and tablets be legalized?

by Lisa Vaas on May 18, 2012 | 28 Comments

Yesterday, US copyright regulators opened up the floodgates for a public hearing of proposals to change copyright law, including authorizing the cracking of tablets, DVDs, gaming consoles and mobile phones. Tell us what you think...

Magic mirror on the wall, what's the best smartphone of all?

by Carole Theriault on May 16, 2012 | 14 Comments

Until last week, iPhone's Siri would respond to "What is the best smartphone?" with - gulp - iPhone's competitor Nokia Lumia 900. This "bug" has now been fixed by Apple, but Nokia are making sure everyone is aware that Apple is overriding the software.

Apple issues security updates for Mac OS X Leopard - to fight malware menace

by Graham Cluley on May 14, 2012 | 6 Comments

Are you still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?

If so, you have some very important critical security patches to install - helping to protect your Mac from malware threats.

Adobe's fix for Photoshop CS5 security issue? Buy Photoshop CS6

by Graham Cluley on May 11, 2012 | 31 Comments

Way to alienate a loyal customerbase, Adobe.

Adobe is making users pay of its Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Professional products pay hundreds of dollars to fix security flaws.

Important Apple security updates for Snow Leopard and Lion - get 'em today!

by Paul Ducklin on May 10, 2012 | 12 Comments

Hot on the heels of the iOS 5.1.1 release, Apple has pumped out a raft of security updates for Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) and Lion (OS X 10.7) users.

Many vulnerabilities have been fixed, and Safari gets a really cool new safety feature. Find out more.

What the RTF? Mac and Windows users at risk from boobytrapped documents

by Graham Cluley on May 9, 2012 | 12 Comments

Think that Patch Tuesday is irrelevant to if you don't run Windows?

Think again. Mac users advised to update their installations of Microsoft Office.

Apple offers iOS 5.1.1 update, fixes some serious vulnerabilities

by Paul Ducklin on May 8, 2012 | 12 Comments

Apple's latest update to iOS just came out.

Version 5.1.1 is more than just a cosmetic fix: it patches at least three security flaws, all of which should be considered serious.

Apple update to OS X Lion exposes encryption passwords

by Chester Wisniewski on May 6, 2012 | 5 Comments

Apple has exposed the encryption passwords of FileVault users in the most recent update to OS X Lion. Users are advised to use full disk encryption and change passwords that may have been recorded insecurely.

Oracle discloses new zero day exploit and launches JDK for Mac OS X

by Chester Wisniewski on May 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

Oracle discloses new zero day exploit and launches JDK for OS X

Oracle announces the release of Java JDK for OS X Lion and a zero day in its database products that has a proof-of-concept available in the wild.

SSCC 89 - InfoSec Europe trends, tat and tales

by Chester Wisniewski on April 29, 2012 | 1 Comment

Chester Wisniewski and Chris Pace walk around the exhibition hall at this year's InfoSec Europe and share their insights on trends and some fantastic giveaways some vendors thought might grab your attention.

Python-based malware attack targets Macs. Windows PCs also under fire

by Graham Cluley on April 27, 2012 | 17 Comments

A new malware attack is targeting Mac computers with a Python-based backdoor Trojan.

And Windows computers aren't getting away scott free either.

1 in 5 Macs has malware on it. Does yours?

by Graham Cluley on April 24, 2012 | 59 Comments

One in every five Mac computers is harbouring some kind of malware, a new study from the experts at Sophos has revealed.

Sophos has revealed a disturbingly high level of malware on Mac computers - with both Windows and Mac threats being discovered.

iPhone app 'Lock My Screen'? Well, no, it doesn't actually

by Lisa Vaas on April 23, 2012 | 10 Comments

iPhone users are being tricked into buying a phony screen-lock app, which is actually nothing more than a wallpaper.

SSCC 88 - iTunes security, Mac malware and Google's FCC fine

by Chester Wisniewski on April 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin chat about the security issues surrounding Apple's new iTunes security, knowledge-based authentication, Mac malware and Google's fine from the FCC.

FLAMING RETORT: All this new Mac malware - whose fault is it?

by Paul Ducklin on April 17, 2012 | 35 Comments

Flaming Retort is back, this time trying to Coole and Explayne the flames we've had from some Mac users in the past few days.

In a back-to-front way of making Mac fans feel better, I'll start by making everyone feel slightly worse, taking a small potshot at Windows, OS X and Linux fans alike.