Apple Mac users have a good reason to feel more secure than their PC-using cousins: compared to malicious software created for Windows systems, malware writers have left OS X in relative peace.
Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over its use of the free open source antivirus software, ClamAV. If it wins, open source advocates fear it threatens all users of the free software and will legitimise the use of patent law to attack OSS.
Companies that produce security software may soon be ignoring certain spyware, and potentially even infecting their customers through auto updates, under orders from US government agencies.
Attack code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer's Mac OS X was publicly released Wednesday in the US, increasing the urgency to patch.
The Debian Project has released an update to its popular GNU/Linux distribution, with security-related bugfixes a key feature.
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Out of the box, a Linux desktop is far more secure than most others.
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