Intego: 2011 offered bumper crop of Mac malware

One of Apple's chief advantages in the personal computing market has been that its Mac computers have been relatively impervious to viruses and malware, at least when compared to Windows-based PCs. But that advantage may have been more difficult to maintain in 2011--at least, according to a new report from security firm Intego.

Passware Contributes to Mac Forensics by Decrypting FileVault; Warns Consumer Mac Users to Vulnerabilities of Mac ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Passware, Inc. , a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, law enforcement organizations, ...

Mac and Android viruses spread across campus and globally

By: Jeff Hargarten   A recent spate of computer viruses has spread rapidly across Android and Apple devices, both nationwide and on the University of Minnesota campus. Viruses that were once rare for Mac computers have become more common at the University in the last several months, said Nate Wagenaar, workstation support supervisor at the Office of Information Technology. “While University-wide ...

From The Tips Box: Kids’ Computers, Crashing Mac Apps, Instapaper Extensions

Readers offer their best tips for setting up computers for your kids, solving regular application crashes in Mac OS X, and sending articles to Instapaper. Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favourites. Got a tip of your own to share? Add it in the comments or send it using the contact tab on the right. Use Computer Passwords to ...

Apple earnings: $97.6 billion in the bank, and other highlights

Apple reported a boost in sales of iPads, iPhones and Mac computers (but not iPods), pushing it into a record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and $6 billion in profit for the first quarter of the company's 2012 fiscal year. But those weren't the only impressive numbers Apple reported on Tuesday.