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This week the respectful thoughts of many turned to Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder of Apple, who passed away at the age of 56. When it comes to security, Apple computers were remarkable for the kinds of troubles they largely didn't have in comparison to Microsoft-based computers with their...

Researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a piece of malicious software for Android that receives instructions from an encrypted blog, a new method of communication for mobile malware, according to the company. More...

Antivirus vendor Trend Micro has recently detected a drive-by download attack on Facebook that used malicious advertisements to infect users with malware. More...

Google updated Chrome over the weekend to help users affected by Microsoft's errant flagging of the browser as malware. More...

Webroot has revamped its antivirus product line, moving to a cloud-based system that it says is better suited to detect the deluge of malicious software circulating on the Internet. More...

Facebook is partnering with security firm Websense in an effort to protect its 700 million members from malware and malicious web sites. More...

Microsoft scrambled earlier today to revise an antivirus definition file that deleted Google's Chrome browser from users' PCs. More...

The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors Monday. More...

Security firms today warned Mac users of a new Trojan horse that masquerades as a PDF document. More...

The latest espionage-related hacking campaign detailed by security vendor Trend Micro is most notable for the country it does not implicate: China. More...

Japan's largest defense contractor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, today acknowledged that scores of its servers and PCs had been infected with malware, but denied that any confidential information had been stolen. More...

Hackers are using a new trick to cloak malicious files by disguising their Windows file extensions to make them appear safe to download, a Czech security company warned today. More...

IT people who try to secure mobile devices in a big company face three big conceptual problems. More...

A Finnish penetration testing company has released a free tool it says can detect all variants of five major families of malicious software that steal online banking credentials. More...

Microsoft said that a digital certificate stolen from a Dutch company could not be used to force-feed customers malware through its Windows Update service. More...

A Melbourne-based app developer has spoken about the security pitfalls of smartphone apps, saying that while certain mobile environments are more susceptible to malware, such risks can be eliminated through encryption and using common sense. More...

Virtualization -- in particular Trend Micro's close alliance with VMware -- is bringing about a strategic shift in Trend's anti-malware business as its products become designed for use with VMware's vShield technology. More...

A dangerous piece of malicious code responsible for stealing money from online bank accounts is being updated with new functions after its source code was leaked earlier this year, according to security researchers. More...

Researchers have spotted the first malware that exploits a critical vulnerability in Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, finding samples tucked into legitimate apps on Chinese download sites. More...