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Kaspersky: Apple turning a blind eye to Mac security

Apple is turning a blind eye to the security of its Mac platform, alleges Kaspersky Lab's Chief Technology Officer Nikolai Grebennikov.

Kaspersky: Apple 10 years behind Microsoft on security

Kaspersky said that his company is seeing more instances of malware targeted at Macs.

Kaspersky: Malware found signed with stolen digital certificate

Kaspersky Lab has warned of new malware spotted making the rounds that is signed with a valid digital certificate. The presumably stolen digital certificate was issued by Symantec VeriSign to Swiss

Adobe: Focus on defenses, not bug hunting

Speaking at Kaspersky Lab's Security Analyst Summit last week, Brad Arkin, director of product security and privacy at Adobe, suggested that security researchers should focus less on finding

Texas water plant hacker: Password was just 3 characters

Unhappy with recent reports of how officials tried to downplay the threat of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, a twenty-something hacker broke into a water utility in Texas and posted

New Duqu malware bears 'uncanny' resemblance to Stuxnet

Researchers have discovered a new worm in the wild that they say bears an uncanny resemblance to Stuxnet, the malware widely believed to be created specifically to disrupt Iran's efforts to create a

Following the money behind the TDSS/TDL-4 botnet

All that remains of Fizot's blog. The latest version of the TDSS/TDL-4 botnet incorporates code that turns compromised PCs into unwitting proxy servers. The discovery of the proxy was

Zeus code being used for new banking malware

The advantages of open source software are taking on a new twist as researchers discover new variants of the Zeus malware that enhance its original functionality. Zeus is a particularly nasty Trojan

Security companies criticize McAfee over Operation Shady RAT

Security vendor McAfee has fired back at criticism that its report on Operation Shady RAT (.pdf) was alarmist. McAfee outlined its findings earlier this month of advanced persistent threats and cyber

Stormy seas ahead in fight against botnets like TDL-4

The fight against botnets looks set to get tougher, judging from recent research from Kaspersky Lab on the TDL-4 malware. If you haven't seen it in the news yet, you may want to read more about how