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Former NSA staffer, security researcher releases paper demonstrating how Mac malware can capture, redistribute live video and audio feeds

Malware on the Mac is becoming something to worry about, as demonstrated by security researcher and former NSA staffer Patrick Wardle. During a presentation at Virus Bulletin, Wardle yesterday showed how Mac malware to tap into live feeds from the built-in webcam and microphone on a MacBook Pro. His presentation is being delivered at the […]

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Apple acquires real-time capture firm Faceshift, intended purposes unknown

It’s hard to say what Apple will do with its new toy, but it’s been confirmed that it just bought a real-time motion capture firm. The company apparently acquired Faceshift, a Zurich-based capture firm, which has worked with game and animation studios on technology designed to quickly and accurately capture facial expressions using 3D sensors, […]

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Amazon expected to launch branded smartphone on Wednesday, AT&T to function as exclusive carrier

All the cool kids have their own branded smartphones, so why not Amazon? Per The Mac Observer and the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is expected to introduce its own smartphone on Wednesday, with AT&T as its exclusive carrier upon. Apple struck a similar deal with AT&T in 2007 when the iPhone first launched, which gave […]

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Apple looking into mid-2013 MacBook Air Wi-Fi issues, “capturing” units for study

This might be why your friends, the ones who wait a month or two after a brand new product hits the market, could be right… Per 9to5Mac, over the past few days, a notable amount of users have complained about Wi-Fi issues plaguing the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models released during the week […]

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“Dockster” trojan for the Mac goes into the wild, plays on the same Java vulnerability as “Flashback”

Ok, this shouldn’t be happening again. Per F-Secure, a new piece of malware that takes advantage of a well-documented Java vulnerability has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, with the trojan able to install itself on an unwitting Mac user’s computer to capture keystrokes and other sensitive data. Dubbed “Dockster,” the […]