http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/snow.leopard.antivirus/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/snowleopard.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The upcoming Snow Leopard update reportedly contains new anti-malware functionality, according to the Mac security company Intego. A number of beta testers have noticed a new warning screen that alerts users to malicious code. A leaked screenshot shows an alert dialog for an RSPlug Trojan contained in a disk image downloaded through Safari.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/25/snow.leopard.antivirus/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/mac.trojan.spotted/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/tro_071031_trojansm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />TrendMicro has spotted another Domain Naming System (DNS) Trojan targeting Mac systems. The malware, known as OSX/Jahlav-D, masquerades as a MacCinema Installer. Users are prompted to update QuickTime Player by downloading a QuickTimeUpdate.dmg file.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/mac.trojan.spotted/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/28/iservicestrojan.integrity/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Typinator 3.4 ($27) is a tool that will type out repeating texts and pictures. Users can set up a list of commonly used words and images, and then set up fragments that can be used trigger each phrase or image. The new version adds a couple of user-requested features and includes a number of small improvements and fixes. Typinator can now be suspended temporarily and preserve the height of the set... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/28/iservicestrojan.integrity/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/23/xmart.volume.iworkservice/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/appupdate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Currency Assistant 3.0 ($19) allows users to convert values between 174 world currencies (all major circulating currencies plus the 16 Eurozone legacy currencies). The software also automatically updates exchange rates over the Internet using the rates published by the European Central Bank, the Bank of Canada, the International Monetary Fund, and the Bank of Italy. In the latest release the softw... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/23/xmart.volume.iworkservice/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/20/mac.os.x.trojan.found/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/trojan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Multiple variants of a new 'Trojan Horse', designed to allow a malicious user complete remote access to a Mac OS X system have been discovered in the wild earlier this week according to makers of Mac anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions SecureMac. Dubbed 'Applescript.THT Trojan' and disguised as an application bundle called 'AStht_v06' (3.1MB in size), the malware seemingly originated, and is dis... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/20/mac.os.x.trojan.found/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/09/first.iphone.trojan.attack/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/19-iphone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The iPhone recently fell victim to its first Trojan attack, which came in the form of a malicious file named ì113 prepî. While installation of the phony application is relatively benign ñ the app merely says ìshoesî when activated ñ uninstalling the file causes damage to or deletes system-critical files in the /bin directory on the iPhone. In addition to harming the devices own software, third par... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/09/first.iphone.trojan.attack/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/03/trojan.removal.tool/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0710/tro_071031_trojansm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />SecureMac has announced a free Trojan Detection Tool dubbed DNSChanger Removal Tool. DNSChanger Removal Tool detects and removes latest spyware targeting Mac OS X: DNSChanger Trojan (also known as OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse). This trojan attacks users attempting to play a fake video file. Affected systems are used to hijack some Web requests that lead users to other phishing sites, or simply displa... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/03/trojan.removal.tool/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/29/sonicwall.quicktime.issue/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0711/3-security-small.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Networking security hardware manufacturer SonicWALL recently announced that it has distributed defensive measures to users of it's Unified Threat Management technology, against zero-day vulnerability exploits found in QuickTime. Malicious websites are able to create a stack-based buffer overflow in Apple's media player, by providing a phony movie file that, when activated, executes a series of cod... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/29/sonicwall.quicktime.issue/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:45:00 GMT