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Trojan.SMSSend.3666 goes into the wild, poses as Mac OS X software

You should listen to your more paranoid relatives around the holiday dinner table when they say that there’ll always be someone trying to run a scam on someone else. Just because they’re paranoid doesn’t make them wrong. Per CNET, Russian security firm Dr. Web has uncovered another malware attempt on OS X systems that tries […]

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Intego warns of new, detailed phishing scam aimed at Apple’s user base

There’s a few things you can count on: death, taxes and various groups of wanders trying to get personal information from you via scams and phishing efforts. Per AppleInsider, security firms have issued warnings regarding a new “well-crafted” phishing scam that attempts to fool customers into providing their AppleID billing information. Intego posted an alert […]

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Russian police raid points to MacDefender scam

If you wanted to know who was responsible for all that MacDefender malware nonsense a few months ago, they might have something. After a raid on Russian payment giant Chronopay’s offices, authorities have found evidence linking the company to the MacDefender fake anti-virus scam that targeted Mac users. Per security expert Brian Krebs’ blog post, […]

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Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.8 update

Late Monday, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.8, the most recent version of its Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” operating system. The update, which alternates between 250 MB and 1.09 gigabytes for the combo update download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Enhancements to the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready […]