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The world's first easy-to-use crimeware kit signals cyber criminals' growing interest in targeting Apple with malware. Read More



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Privacy matters again, so you'd better prepare
Thanks to high-profile cases concerning mobile devices tracking users, massive data breaches, and countless other instances of data being repurposed in ways users never intended, privacy issues are finally returning to the computer security big table. Read More

Avast finds PDF exploit invisible to antivirus programs
Criminals have started using an obscure image filter to make malicious PDF files all but invisible to many antivirus programs. The trick involves hiding a common Adobe Reader exploit inside a PDF file by encoding it with the JBIG2Decode filter. Read More

Google patches 27 Chrome bugs
Google today patched 27 vulnerabilities in Chrome as it boosted the "stable" build of the browser to version 11 on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The company paid out a record $16,500 in bounties to researchers who reported a majority of the bugs. Read More



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