With many victims paying up, ransomware is a lucrative business for cybercrooks, and CryptoLocker has inspired copycats who want in on the loot. John Zorabedian looks at ransomware that seems to be filling the void left by CryptoLocker’s takedown last month…
Tag Archives: OS X
SSCC 151 – Measuring vulns, Apple and Wi-Fi privacy, Android ransomware and more [PODCAST]
It’s our weekly security pocast! Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin dig into the latest security news for lessons we can all learn…
Apple Safari 7.0.4 closes 22 holes, including 21 listed under “arbitrary code execution”
Apple just pushed out another Safari update, bumping OS X’s native browser to version 7.0.4. Paul Ducklin found himself thinking, “Is it just me, or has Cupertino bumped up the frequency of Safari patches lately?”
SSCC 148 – Cloud privacy policies not related to data security [PODCAST]
The Chet Chat comes to you this week from Hanoi, Vietnam with special guest Sean Richmond from Sophos Australia. Chet and Sean continue the tradition of working through the details to paint you a clearer picture. This week they tackle the FBI’s crackdown on the Blackshades malware, new research showing more flaws in Chip & PIN technology, the latest Apple updates including an iTunes oops and an analysis of the EFF’s “Who has got your back” report.
As one security hole closes, another one opens! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
How many years was that security hole in Linux ? How many security patches for XP? How many lock screen holes in iOS? How much do Google specs cost? Find out in this week’s 60 Second Security video…
Apple rushes out iTunes 11.2.1 – fixes giant permissions hole
Did you just download the quarter-gigabyte iTunes 11.2 update for your Mac? If so, consider it a practice run: you need to do it all over again…
Apple releases OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, repeats last month’s security updates
Apple just issued a Security Advisory for OS X Mavericks 10.9.3. Don’t get too excited – from a security point of view, it seems to be nothing more than last month’s fixes all over again. So, at betwen 0.5GB and 1GB to download, do you need it?
Apple admits flaw in email attachment encryption on iPhones and iPads
Apple is under pressure once again to patch a security flaw in iOS 7, after a researcher published his discovery that email attachments are unencrypted on iPhones and iPads. Here’s why this is a big deal, and what you can do to stay protected.
Monday review – the hot 26 stories of the week
Make sure you’re up to date with everything we wrote in the last seven days – it’s weekly roundup time.