malware

Are Macs More Secure?

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 1 at 9:25 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether Macs are as vulnerable to viruses as PCs.

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Musings on Malware (Comic)

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on April 26 at 4:28 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

News Byte

Facebook Working With Antivirus Vendors to Ward Off Spam, Malware

Lauren Goode in News on April 25 at 10:23 am PT

Facebook has partnered with a handful of antivirus software vendors to add their security services to its URL blacklist system, meant to protect users against spam and malware. Six-month antivirus software licenses from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos and Symantec will also be available to Facebook’s 900 million users for free.

Fake Angry Birds Slingshot Malware Onto Android Phones

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 13 at 5:00 am PT

Rovio and antivirus makers are warning of malware-laden software posing as the latest in the disgruntled aviary game franchise.

Apple Fights Back Against Malware Attack

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 10 at 6:02 pm PT

Apple is building software to detect and remove the Flashback malware that has turned 600,000-odd Macs into a trouble-making botnet.

What’s This? A Mac Virus? No, Actually It’s a Weakness in Java.

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 6 at 1:57 pm PT

Chatter about a new Trojan affecting Macs fails to acknowledge where the real vulnerability lies: With Oracle’s Java and not Apple’s OS X itself.

An App for Monitoring Mobile Malware Around the Globe

Lauren Goode in Mobile on January 24 at 9:02 am PT

Lookout’s hackers-turned-start-up-guys have launched an Android app for real-time spying on mobile malware and spyware.

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The First Virus …

Michael Totty, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 26, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Malware — viruses, worms, Trojan horses and the like — has been around about as long as the first networked computers. In fact, 2011 is the 40th anniversary of the first known computer virus.

Android Malware on the Rise

John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 2, 2011 at 8:07 pm PT

If you own an Android smartphone, you’re more than twice as likely to encounter malware today than you were six months ago.

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Google Sounds Alarm on Malware Problem

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 19, 2011 at 11:43 pm PT

Google said late Tuesday that it will use its search engine to respond to an outbreak of malicious software, or malware, that the company recently uncovered.