Facevault is a one-dollar photo archive app that can only be unlocked by one person – the one with the right face. It sounds neat, and yes, it works. But the face recognition features come at a price, and are hindered by a flaw...Face Recognition Photo App Hopes To Sidestep Basic Flaw With A Blink [Review]
Facevault is a one-dollar photo archive app that can only be unlocked by one person – the one with the right face. It sounds neat, and yes, it works. But the face recognition features come at a price, and are hindered by a flaw...The Onion Browser Brings Anonymous, Encrypted Browsing To iOS
Attention dissidents, free-thinkers or just people who are plain on the run: now you can take your iPad with you and not get caught. Onion Browser is a Universal iOS web browser which will hook into the Tor network to provide you with anonymous...Security firm claims Mac security is "10 years behind" Microsoft
Not content to dispel the "myth" that Macs are impervious to malware last week, Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky is sounding the Mac malware alarm again this week. During the Info Security 2012 conference, he...
Kaspersky Lab: Apple is ’10 years behind Microsoft’ on security
Kaspersky founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky told Computer Business Review that malware targeting the Mac is beginning to grow and Apple needs to take notice.
The CEO said Apple is "ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security," and asserts tha...
Kaspersky CEO: Apple Is “10 Years Behind Microsoft In Terms Of Security”
One of the main reasons many of us turned to Apple’s machines and its OS X operating system is the belief that the company’s software is more secure than Windows, its biggest rival. However, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of Kaspersky, one of the...Little Snitch network monitoring Mac App for $15
From 9to5Toys.com: MacUpdate has Little Snitch for half off – $14.99 – today only. Little Snitch alerts you to outgoing network connections. A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does! As soon as you’re connected to the Internet, applications can...
Android trojan steals keystrokes using phone movements (Updated)
Computer scientists have devised an attack that logs phone numbers, Social Security IDs, and personal identification numbers entered into smartphones by monitoring the devices' integrated motion sensors.
TapLogger, as ...
Norton introduces a password manager, Identity Safe (updated)
Norton, better known for its antivirus software, is attempting to take on AgileBits' 1Password with the release of Identity Safe, a password manager for the Mac. Like 1Password, it takes over the task of remembering passwords and generating new on...
Flashback Trojan Discoverer Reveals That 650,000 Macs Are Still Infected
The Flashback saga has yet to reach its end, as a recent report debunks earlier claims that the number of infected Macs had fallen from 600,000 to 140,000 over a matter of a few days. Apple released a security...Apple’s additional security steps could be better
As we've been hearing, Apple is rolling out some "additional security" for App Store customers. When you go to purchase an app, as I just did (it was the free Pocket app, incidentally), you may be prompted to answer three security questions and pr...
TV-based botnets? DoS attacks on your fridge? More plausible than you think
It's still premature to say you need firewall or antivirus protection for your television set, but a duo of recently diagnosed firmware vulnerabilities in widely used TV models made by two...
Flashback infections not waning after all; 650,000 Macs still hijacked
Analysis declaring the demise of the Flashback Mac backdoor has been greatly exaggerated, said researchers with a Russia-based antivirus firm, who on late Friday estimated there are 650,000 unique OS X...
