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New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.
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Embarcadero offers developers streamlined platform for multiple devices
Embarcadero Technologies, the application and database software development supplier, has launched an app development suite for developers who need to create native apps for PCs, tablets and smartphones and get them to market fast.
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Novell's new Filr software offers secure alternative to Dropbox
Novell is preparing to release Filr, a new on-premise file sharing product for organisations that want some of the convenience of a Dropbox-like approach while keeping data management under internal control.
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PostgreSQL releases updates to address high-risk vulnerability
The PostgreSQL developers released updates for all major branches of the popular open-source database system on Thursday in order to address several vulnerabilities, including a high-risk one that could allow attackers to crash the server, modify configuration variables as superuser or execute arbitrary code if certain conditions are met.
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Russian coder caught boasting about creating Flashback Mac Trojan
Prominent security blogger Brian Krebs has traced a Russian coder who appears to be happily taking credit for the most successful example of Mac OS X malware in history, last year's infamous Flashback Trojan.
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Amazon.com upgrades Cloud Drive with file syncing
Amazon.com has added a file-syncing feature to its online storage product, Cloud Drive, putting the service on par with competitors such as Dropbox and Google's Drive.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets Internet Explorer drive-by attacks
Internet Explorer vulnerabilities warrant notice in this month's set of Microsoft Patch Tuesday bulletins and need to be fixed quickly even though the sheer number of patches may seem daunting.
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Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone
Twitter will end support for TweetDeck on the iPhone and Android in order to focus solely on browser-based versions for those platforms. And it is also apparently dumping Facebook.
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Oracle ports DTrace to Oracle Linux
Oracle has ported one of its most coveted Solaris tools to the Linux platform, a real-time debugging tool called DTrace, though the company has made it officially available only for its own Oracle Linux distribution.
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Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in phishing attacks
Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new phishing attacks that target Japanese and Chinese users.
