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Security analysts find hidden malware payload attacks in graphic files, begin to study new technique

You’re not going to love this, but a group of security designers have apparently discovered that a new way of attacking the macOS with malware is being used. The researchers have noted that malicious online advertising found to have used steganography to disguise its payload within an ad’s image files, in order to fool security […]

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Apple releases Flashback removal tool for Mac OS X 10.5.x operating systems

If you’ve yet to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 or Mac OS X 10.7, there’s some good news. Per Macworld, Apple on Monday released a pair of security updates for the older operating system: Leopard Security Update 2012-003 and Flashback Removal Security Update. The Leopard Security Update disables older versions of Adobe Flash Player […]

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Cocktail 4.7 (Snow Leopard Edition) Released

Late Wednesday, shareware developer Maintain released version 4.7 of Cocktail (Snow Leopard Edition), Cocktail, the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 2.3 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: -Adds clearing of Adobe Flash Player caches and cookies, as well as clearing of […]