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<title>New OS X 'KitM.A' malware discovered, mostly impotent</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/16/app.dumps.screenshots.into.a.folder.command.and.control.servers.inactive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1212/Apple-security-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A new semi-functional malware has been found for OSX. Discovered on a computer at the Oslo Freedom Forum by researcher Jacob Appelbaum, the OSX/KitM.A is a backdoor application which launches on boot and captures screenshots on a regular basis, which are then dumped in a folder....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: iOS app has accidental malware, but not a threat to users</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/07/trojan.horse.points.to.non.functional.webpage.part.of.sound.file/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367900243_SimplyGames-SimplyFindIt-malware-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A bit of malware -- a Trojan horse file that tries to redirect to a website -- has been found inside an iOS app, but the code has turned out to be harmless. The app in question is called Simply Find It ($2) and comes from a legitimate developer that has produced a number of legitimate games -- suggesting that the malware was probably inserted into the app accidentally. The bigger issue (since ther...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: Android, Symbian liable for for most mobile malware</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/07/blackberry.ios.windows.mobile.have.fewest.and.most.innocuous.threats/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362658298_Android-malware-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Updated with Phil Schiller Twitter post) For years, Mac owners have gently rebuffed the myth that the Mac is so resistant to viruses because of "security through obscurity." No, they'd say, it's because the OS is better hardened against threats. Now the malware discussion has moved on to mobile, and that case is being debated anew: the most popular and one of the fastest-fading current cellphone ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Adobe issues 'emergency' Flash update to stop new malware</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/07/exploits.affect.both.platforms.one.targets.the.mac.specifically/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1302/Adobe-Flash-YesAGAIN-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Adobe has issued a patch to update Flash on both the Mac and Windows platform in order to fix two new vulnerabilities already being exploited "in the wild" to spread malware. One of the targeted attacks using the exploit works equally well against Mac users as it does against Windows users. Visitors are tricked into downloading and opening MS Word files that contain malicious Flash content, whil...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft, Symantec take down central Bamital botnet servers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/07/users.of.infected.machines.warned.about.malware/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/MSE-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft and Symantec have shut down the Bamital botnet, after obtaining a court order to seize the network's controlling servers. The network, dedicated to redirecting users of computers infected with malware to incorrect search results and online advertisements, is estimated to have earned around $1 million per year for it's operators....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft Security Essentials fails anti-virus security test</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/17/security.program.manager.challenges.test.results/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/MSE-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Security Essentials, the anti-virus and anti-malware software supplied by Microsoft has failed in anti-virus certification tests. Out of 25 consumer antivirus programs tested by independent laboratory AV-Test in late 2012, only three failed to pass muster, with Microsoft Security Essentials 4.1 being joined by PC Tools Internet Security 2012 and AhnLab Internet Security 8.0....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Java zero-day exploit seen in malicious advertising</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/10/vulnerability.found.in.java.7.update.10/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Oracle-Java-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A previously unknown vulnerability in Java is being used online by hackers, according to security researchers. The 0-day exploit has also reportedly been included in two malware toolkits used by hackers, with the best form of protection currently being to turn off the Java plug-in for all browsers until the hole is patched....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: new Mac malware hides as fake software installer</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/12/uses.sms.activation.to.hide.subscription.charge.on.cell.bill/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355295969_Malware-VKM-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Russian security firm with a mixed track record is warning about a new malware threat for the Mac, which masquerades as an installer for various types of software. Doctor Web, who claimed to have discovered the malware, says it is widely available on various sites -- though at present it is targeting Russian Mac users. The Trojan is apparently a Mac variation on a widespread Windows and Android ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Adobe reveals details of two-month-old server intrusion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/27/authentication.server.penetrated.code.signed.as.adobe.authentic/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348798837_adobecloud-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Adobe warned today that an internal digital code signing server was hacked by "sophisticated threat actors" focusing on Adobe. The early-July hack led to the compilation of a minimum of two malicious files that were digitally signed and authenticated as Adobe genuine software. The hack gave the attackers the means to build malware that the operating system views as legitimate Adobe-created softwar...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Intego unveils iOS version of VirusBarrier as preventative</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/27/stops.infected.email.files.from.passing.on.mac.or.windows.malware/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1209/Intego-VirusBarrier-iOS-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Although iOS is widely considered to be all but completely malware-free, Mac security company Intego has created an iOS version of its malware scanner VirusBarrier that works with all iOS 4.0 and higher devices. The program is mainly used to scan email attachments for potential Windows viruses, but can also detect any Mac or UNIX malware, adware, keyloggers and Trojan Horse-type programs. The prog...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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