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After a decade in beta, Quicksilver 1.0.0 out the door

10 years is a long time to be in beta. For those of you who know it and love it, Quicksilver, the epic app-launching tool by Patrick Robertson, hit version 1.0.0 today. The new version, a 6.8 megabyte download, offers the following (extensive) list of fixes and changes: What’s New: – Preliminary support for retina […]

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Apple includes Yontoo trojan on XProtect.plist database

With any luck, the Yontoo trojan won’t be around on the Mac OS X platform for long. Per the Intego Security Blog and MacRumors, shortly after news emerged of a new adware trojan targeting OS X web browsers, Apple updated its malware and adware detections list to block Yontoo. The company has apparently updated its […]

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Advertising-based trojan goes into wild on Mac OS X, Windows platforms

The available list of Mac malware (and jerks creating it) just grew a bit. Per MacNN, a new Mac trojan is inserting ads into Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, says a Russian security firm, Doctor Web. Nicknamed “Trojan.Yontoo.1,” the malware is so far being distributed through movie trailer pages, which prompt people to download a browser […]

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Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10, Java for OS X Lion 2012-005

If there’s a Java update out there, it might be worth snagging. Per the cool cats at The Mac Observer, Apple updated Java for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion Wednesday with the release of Java for OS X 2012-005 along with the release of Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10. The […]

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Analyst: Java 1.7 zero-day less likely to affect Mac users due to lack of current installed base on platform

Yesterday, we posted as to a new Java vulnerability that could open the gates for additional malware on the Mac. Today, there’s some better news regarding this. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, online backup service CrashPlan co-founder Matthew Dornquist had the following to offer about the new Java vulnerability and what it could mean for […]