A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, but one security vendor is labeling it as low risk. The malware, nicknamed "Dockster," is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the victim`s computer, record keystrokes, and export files, according to Intego, which sells security software for Macs.
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New Dockster malware targets Apple computers
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Attackers can use Yahoo developer feature to steal user emails other data
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Attackers can read emails, contacts, and other private data from the accounts of Yahoo users who visit a malicious page by abusing a feature present on Yahoo`s Developer Network website, according to an independent security researcher. A limited version of the attack was presented on Sunday at the DefCamp security conference in Bucharest, Romania, by a Romanian Web application bug hunter named Ser
Infor acquires Orbis Global to boost its marketing software clout
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Infor has scooped up marketing resource management vendor Orbis Global in a bid to flesh out the capabilities of its Epiphany marketing suite. Terms of the agreement, which was announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. The Orbis deal is the latest in a long series of purchases that have built Infor into an enterprise software powerhouse with about $3 billion in revenue.
Apple consistently convinces customers to upgrade OS X
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Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion of its Mac customers to quickly upgrade to the newest version of OS X, data from a Web measurement company showed. The last three versions of Apple`s desktop operating system have been adopted at a rate almost three times that of the best-performing edition of Windows, 2009`s Windows 7.
Autonomy founder Lynch unveils website continuing public war with HP
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Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has created a new website where he will apparently keep a running stockpile of his responses to Hewlett-Packard`s allegations of accounting fraud at the vendor.
EMC and VMware spin out big datacloud division
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VMware and EMC today confirmed rumors that have been circulating for weeks that it would spin out its big data and platform as a service (PaaS) cloud products into a new division within the company named Pivotal Initiative, which will be led by former VMware chief Paul Maritz (pictured).
Microsofts Surface Pros flawed twoforone strategy
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Microsoft`s upcoming Surface Pro tablet sums up the company`s seeming strategy with Windows 8: That business users can do with one device what they currently accomplish with two. "The Surface Pro is designed for people who want a premium, thin and light notebook experience but secondarily want a tablet experience," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, in an e
New Dockster malware targets Apple computers
Posted by
Asha 170 days ago
(http://www.infoworld.com)
A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, but one security vendor is labeling it as low risk. The malware, nicknamed "Dockster," is a backdoor that allows an attacker to control the victim`s computer, record keystrokes, and export files, according to Intego, which sells security software for Macs.
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