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Apple mobile devices are among the most popular gadgets today. In fact, Apple reports that 250 million iOS devices have been sold and 18 million apps downloaded. I often find that, while the popularity of these devices increases, many don’t understand the basic security features that Apple makes available to them. Some of you may …

A national computer security campaign is urging smartphone users to do more to protect themselves from unwittingly downloading malware applications. Get Safe Online says that there has been an increase in smartphone malware as the market has grown. Criminals are typically creating Trojan copies of reputable apps and tricking users into installing them. Once on …

Malware coders have created a Mac-specific Trojan that is designed to attack anti-malware defences built into Apple’s Mac OS X operating system. The Flashback.C trojan disables the automatic update component of XProtect, OS X’s anti-malware application, net security firm F-Secure reports. By wiping out files, the malware prevents future updates, making it more likely that …

In a secret location somewhere in London thousands of computers and servers are churning away, processing test data of extreme importance to the UK over the coming year. Full Story here: