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Do you really need anti-virus for your Apple Macintosh?

So, do you really need anti-virus on your Apple Mac?

Lets look at the facts.

Fact one: Mac malware is being written and distributed

Barack Obama wins US election - here comes the malware attack

And so it begins.

The tickertape from Barack Obama’s celebratory party has probably not even been swept up yet, but the hackers have wasted no time in launching a malware campaign.

Microsoft releases emergency patch MS08-067 - defend yourself now against potential internet worm threat

Microsoft issued an extremely critical security update for Windows users yesterday, hoping to reduce the chances of hackers developing an spreading a highly serious internet worm.

Malicious Microsoft Security Update spammed out in run-up to Patch Tuesday

Hackers are trying to infect innocent computer users with a malicious Trojan horse disguised as a Microsoft security update, in the hours before the software giant issued genuine critical patches as p

Chip-and-pin fraud hits European supermarkets

If you thought living a secure life was hard enough with email phishing, keylogging spyware, backdoor Trojan horses, wi-fi hijacking and compromised websites here comes another thing to worry about.

Yahoo engineer arrested in Indian terror case

In late July a series of bomb blasts rocked the city of Ahmedabad in India, killing scores of people.

$700,000 Romanian phisher pleads guilty

Newspapers in Minneapolis are reporting that a 22-year-old Romanian national has admitted his involvement in a US-based phi

Asus Eee Box PC ships with virus

Asus has been making great strides in the computer marketplace in the last year or so with its popular subnotebook PCs.

Stop using WEP wireless encryption!

Anyone who pays close attention to the security headlines will be only too aware of the

Agobot malware case redux

Way back in 2004, Sophos reported on the arrest of a German man accused of creating the Agobo