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Mac botnet malware warning from Symantec

by Kirk Hiner on Oct 1, 2009 at 03:20 PM

Yes, we’re all aware that the Mac is pretty solid against viruses, but it’s not impervious. Evidence of this comes from a report at 9to5Mac in which they state, “Security researchers at Symantec have uncovered what they suspect may be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of service attacks.”… Continue Reading »

International Space Station Windows computers infected with virus.

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Aug 28, 2008 at 07:30 AM

The International Space Station has been infiltrated. That’s right, a virus has made it’s way onto the computers of the International Space Station. The computers, running Windows XP, were non-mission-critical, containing things like e-mail and “nutritional experiments.” The computers were infected by the W32.Gammima.AG worm, which harvests credentials for online… Continue Reading »

Computer users expect more Mac attacks

by Nicholas Montgomery on Feb 20, 2008 at 09:11 AM

Mac users have been free of virus’ for about 31 years now, but 93% expect that Macs will have more malware and virus attacks. Sophos, a computer security company, conducted a survey with about 350 computer users and they believed that Apple’s Macintosh computers will be targeted more frequently in… Continue Reading »

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