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New MacBook, New Cloud, New Leaf May 16, 2012 
Apple computer users might soon have a thinner, lighter version of the MacBook, according to numerous reports. The new design will apparently still bear the "MacBook Pro" name but will more closely resemble an Ultrabook -- thin, light and affordable PC laptops. It will supposedly feature a high-definition screen similar to the ones found on iPhones and iPads.
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Macs Crawling With Windows Malware, Study Finds April 26, 2012 
One in five Mac computers is carrying malware that could spread to PCs, according to a new research from security vendor Sophos. The security team ran its Mac antivirus software on 100,000 Mac computers. It found that most of the malware found is directed at Windows PCs, so Macs harboring the infections don't show any symptoms.
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Mac Malware Strikes Again With SabPub Trojan April 16, 2012 
Two more related Trojan exploits that target Macs have been discovered. They appear to be two versions of the SabPub information-stealing Trojan, discovered by antivirus software vendor Kaspersky last weekend. They have existed undetected in the wild for two months, according to Kaspersky's Costin Raiu.
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Flashback Mac Trojan Sputters and Stalls April 16, 2012 
A week after the Flashback Trojan began running rampant on Macintosh computers, the malware appears to be in remission. The number of
infections from the Trojan have plummeted to around 270,000, from a high
of more than 600,000, according to the latest numbers from Symantec.
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Flashback's Mac Malware Mess April 09, 2012 
In what could be the largest mass infection of Mac computers to date, the Flashback Trojan was estimated to have reached some 700,000 Macs by the end of last week. The Trojan is being planted on the Macs by owners who've been lured to infected Web pages that send a malware downloader to their computers as soon as they land on the page.
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Flashback Infection Hits 700,000 Mac Users April 05, 2012 
More than 700,000 Macintosh computers have been infected with malware that exploits a flaw in Java, and the number keeps growing. The Flashback Trojan, which plants an executable file on a Mac that fetches additional malware, was uncovered earlier this week by Doctor Web. The infection has reached 700,000 computers, but its growth has slowed down, said Doctor Web CEO Boris Sharov.
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Apple Wanders Into Mountain Lion Territory February 18, 2012 
Apple let OS X Lion out of its cage just last July, but the company's already started talking up the next version of its operating system, which it'll call "Mountain Lion." The details and developer preview that Apple has come out with indicate that even more iOS DNA is being mixed into OS X this time around, with more shared features and functions.
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Dev Dumped After Laying Bare iOS Vulnerability November 08, 2011 
Apple has reportedly banned noted hacker Charlie Miller from its developer program for a year, apparently in response to an app Miller wrote on the iTunes App Store that exploits a zero-day vulnerability he spotted in iOS. Miller did notify Apple of the flaw three weeks ago, the developer tweeted.
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Microsoft Issues Fix to Keep Duqu at Bay November 07, 2011 
Microsoft on Friday released a temporary fix for a Microsoft Word vulnerability that allows the Duqu worm to attack PCs. The flaw, in TrueType font parsing, could let an attacker run arbitrary code in kernel mode, installing programs; view, change or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights, Microsoft said.
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The Social Phenom That Was This Year's Dreamforce September 12, 2011 
At the biggest Salesforce.com event to date, Dreamforce '11, vendors had ample opportunities to strut their stuff. In fact, more than 46,000 people -- many of them very socially engaged -- registered this year. "In less than a decade, Dreamforce has become the largest conference in the enterprise software industry," said Fergus Griffin, vice president of product marketing for Salesforce.com.
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The Apache Web Server's Not-So-Secret Weakness August 30, 2011 
If you thought the hacks by Anonymous and AntiSec were bad, boy, are you in for a revelation. This past week brings news that the Apache Web server -- the one that powers the majority of the Internet and most websites -- has a vulnerability that can be exploited with relatively little effort.
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Fighting the Good Global Cybercrime Fight: Q&A With Security Guru Mikko Hypponen, Part 2 August 24, 2011 
Mikko Hypponen has spent the past 20-plus years studying malicious software, including everything from "Brain" -- the first PC virus, dating back to 1986 -- all the way up to Stuxnet and today's most sophisticated global malware. He's widely considered one of the world's foremost experts on information security, and he's played a key role in taking down numerous international rings of cybercriminals.
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Apple's Golden Hoard August 03, 2011 
Apple's recent iCloud announcement was merely the icing on the cake of a week of positive news coming from Cupertino. For one thing, iPhone sales made Apple the world's largest smartphone vendor in Q2 of 2011, according to Strategy Analytics. For another, news has emerged that Apple has a cash balance of nearly $76 billion.
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Security Wonks Urge iPhoners to Patch 'Em Up July 29, 2011 
The iOS vulnerability for which Apple issued a security patch on July 25 is very severe, according to security experts who are warning iOS device users to apply that patch as soon as possible. The vulnerability lies in a failure to validate SSL certificates correctly. That lets hackers use a tool called "sslsniff" to take over victims' iOS devices by using fake certificates.
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iOS Jailbreakers Dig Up a Wormy Little Exploit July 08, 2011
Zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS that are used to jailbreak iPhones and iPads could also be used to access confidential information, according to the German Federal Office for Information Security. The bug, exposed by a team of hackers at JailbreakMe.com, exploits vulnerabilities on PDFs.
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iCloud's Dark Security Lining July 08, 2011 
Apple's announcement of its upcoming iCloud service has sparked a flurry of excitement in the industry. Some expect the iCloud will help Apple keep customers closer to its bosom -- make them "stickier," in analystspeak. Others think the iCloud will give a boost to cloud computing. The iCloud will automate the backup and storage of data -- music, photos and what-have-you -- and make it easy to set up new iDevices.
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iPad Surfers Rolling In July 06, 2011
The Anonymous hacker community's AntiSec project gave Apple a love tap for the July 4 holiday and, in essence, warned Cupertino to brush up on its security measures. "Not being so serious ... Apple could be target too," the group tweeted. "But don't worry, we are busy elsewhere."
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Will WebKit Be iOS' Achilles' Heel? June 17, 2011 
Apple recently issued a new beta version of its forthcoming Mac OS X 10.6.8 update to developers, reported to contain fixes for the Mac Defender malware and its variants. Cupertino and the Mac Defender clan have been trading shots since May, with the authors of the malware circumventing Apple's efforts to stomp out their attacks.
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