Apple ships Java update, malware scrubber after confirming attacks on own Macs

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	Apple ships Java update, malware scrubber after confirming attacks on own Macs The day it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a "drive-by" Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the Oracle software for older systems and released a malware detection tool. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. Hospital Turns to Email Archiving Solution Read this case study to learn how a cloud-based email archiving solution enabled the hospital to meet government mandates and helps avoid thousands of dollars in projected storage costs. Learn More. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Does the latest Mac malware attack show that Windows 8 is more secure than Mac OS X? Richi Jennings: Yes, Mac malware is real: Even Apple hacked Jonny Evans: Apple closes Java hack, and why it's time to switch Java off Many companies likely affected by iOS developer forum compromise Apple hit by malware attack Microsoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office by up to 17% Preston Gralla: Microsoft will lose $2.5 billion a year if it doesn't launch Office for the iPad, says Morgan Stanley Linaro extends Linux ARM to networking gear Apple iOS development extended to Visual Studio WHITE PAPER: CDW Corporation The Red Report: Managing Both Your Data and Your Sanity Leverage proven storage expertise to objectively assess your environment and review your options for unified storage, data deduplication, storage tiering and unified storage management to achieve lower costs, higher storage utilization and cloud readiness. Learn More. Preston Gralla: Does the latest Mac malware attack show that Windows 8 is more secure than Mac OS X? The latest Mac malware attack should finally put to rest the long-discredited claim by some Mac fans that OS X is invulnerable to attacks. But it also raises this question: Are Macs less safe than Windows PCs, particularly those running Windows 8? Read More Richi Jennings: Yes, Mac malware is real: Even Apple hacked Fanbois flabbergasted. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) confesses to being infected by malware. It seems to be the same problem that recently befell Facebook and Twitter. The infection vector: popular developer forum, iPhoneDevSDK.com. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers resurrect a repetitive debate: Is Mac OS virus-proof? Read More Jonny Evans: Apple closes Java hack, and why it's time to switch Java off The Apple critics are dancing their dance once again today following news of a Java-based malware attack on Macs. But, given Java is the bad boy in the room, shouldn't critics and Kool-Aid drinkers alike just do the right thing and switch Java off for good? Read More Many companies likely affected by iOS developer forum compromise The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to launch attacks against its users. Security experts believe the site served as a gateway for the recent attacks against Twitter, Facebook and Apple employees and that many other companies might be affected as well. Read More WEBCAST: Red Hat The Five Must-Haves of Big Data Storage Join this webinar to learn four distinct factors contributing to the challenge of storing big data including volume, variety, scale, and portability. We'll also cover the five elements a storage system must have in order to meet these challenges. View Now Apple hit by malware attack Apple on Tuesday said it was a victim of a malware attack when a small number of systems inside the company were compromised. Read More Microsoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office by up to 17% Microsoft has quietly raised prices of Office for the Mac as much as 17% and stopped selling multi-license packages of the application suite. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft will lose $2.5 billion a year if it doesn't launch Office for the iPad, says Morgan Stanley Microsoft will forgo serious revenue if it doesn't launch a full-blown version of Office for the iPad -- an estimated $2.5 billion a year, according to a Morgan Stanley analyst. Even though the math is wrong, don't be surprised to eventually see Office for the iPad, no matter what Steve Ballmer has recently said. Read More Linaro extends Linux ARM to networking gear Hoping to extend Linux's reach to ARM-based networking equipment, the not-for-profit engineering group Linaro has launched an initiative to develop code to run routers, switches and other networking equipment. Read More Apple iOS development extended to Visual Studio With Xamarin version 2.0, Visual Studio developers can build C# apps to run on Apple devices Read More
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