Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks

Computerworld - Apple on Tuesday made it clear that it will no longer patch OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, when it again declined to offer a security update for the four-and-a-half-year-old operating system. As Apple issued an update for Mavericks, or OS X 10.9, as well as for its two predecessors, Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7), Apple had nothing for Snow Leopard or its owners yesterday. Apple provided Snow Leopard security...

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PNG Image Metadata Leading to iFrame Injections

PNG Image Metadata Leading to iFrame Injections by Chris Brook February 4, 2014 , 3:25 pm   Researchers have discovered a relatively new way to distribute malware that relies on reading  JavaScript code stored in an obfuscated PNG file’s metadata to trigger iFrame injections. The technique makes it highly unlikely a virus scanner would catch it because the injection method is so deeply...

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