CNET

Apple's malware detection update circumvented in 8 hours

Yesterday Apple released an update to OS X that tackles the new MacDefender malware threat and its variants, but a new variant to the malware already bypasses Apple's efforts. Topher, an avid Mac user ...
ZDNet

This fake software update tries to download malware onto your PC even when you click 'later'

Crooks have been hacking websites to deliver fake software update notices to more than 100,000 web users in an attempt to trick them into downloading malware that could take over their PCs. The ...
ZDNet

This software update is deleting botnet malware from infected PCs around the world

A specially crafted update created by law enforcement has triggered the process of removing the Emotet botnet malware from 1.6 million infected computers around the world. Emotet was thought to be the ...
Homeland Security Today

CISA and Partners Release Update to Malware Analysis Report

National Security Agency, and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security have released an update to the Malware Analysis Report ...
CNET

Apple tackles malware threats with XProtect update

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...
Macworld

How to force your Mac to update its malware definitions

Malware-fearing Mac users have been able to breathe easier since Apple released Security Update 2011-003 earlier this week. The key elements of the Security Update were that it successfully detected ...
PC Magazine

New Android Malware Poses as Security Update to Take Control of Devices

Before you approve what appears to be a new Android update, you may want to verify that you're installing the real thing. According to mobile security firm Zimperium zLabs, a new form of malware ...
Threat Post

Lazarus APT Uses Windows Update to Spew Malware

The group once again dangled fake job opportunities at engineers in a spear-phishing campaign that used Windows Update as a living-off-the-land technique and GitHub as a C2. Lazarus Group is using ...
ExtremeTech

Asus Live Update Pushed Malware to 1 Million PCs

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Wired

Apple Promises Software Update to Kill 'MacDefender' Malware

Apple has published instructions on removing a piece of malicious software that targeted Mac customers. The company claims that an upcoming Mac software update will remove the malware from infected ...
The Verge

Asus software updates were used to spread malware, security group says

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s not clear what the hackers were after. However, the hackers did seem to target specific Asus customers: the ...
Ars Technica

Flame malware hijacks Windows Update to spread from PC to PC

The Flame espionage malware targeting Iranian computers contains code that can completely hijack the Windows update mechanism that Microsoft uses to distribute security patches to hundreds of millions ...