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• Apple out to kill widespread Mac virus

  Apple says it is crafting a weapon to vanquish a Flashback virus from Macintosh computers and working to disrupt the command network being used by hackers behind the infections.

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  NSW ambulance computers coming back online

  Computers which co-ordinate NSW's ambulances are back online in three of the state's regions after a major virus forced staff to shut them down for more than 24 hours.

• Computer virus shuts down Ambulance dispatch service

  The Ambulance Service of NSW says no lives have been at risk despite the computer system it uses to send paramedics to emergencies being infected by a virus for more than 24 hours and no timescale for when it will be back online.

• 'Here you have' threat subsides, but comeback possible

  The first wave of the "Here you have" virus seems to have run its course with removal of the malicious file from the site from which it was being downloaded, but keep an eye out for follow-up versions.

• Death of Windows XP SP2 Support a Security Risk, Says Report

  If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.

• Energizer Bunny's software infects PCs

  The Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware, the Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT said Friday.

• Virus comes back from dead to hit hard drives

  A 'prank' worm that started as an attack targeted at an off-road Slovakian motorcycle club has escaped beyond its intended victims and started wrecking hard disks as far away as the US.

• McAfee peddles wares to millions in Facebook deal

  McAfee has beat off rivals in a deal with Facebook which will allow it to promote its security suite to the website’s 350 million users and make it mandatory for victims of compromised accounts to use its online scanning tool.

• Google's OS security claims called 'idiotic'

  Google, while announcing its new Chrome operating system late Tuesday, said users would no longer have to worry about viruses, malware and security updates, but security experts disagreed on whether Google can deliver on those promises.

• U.S. Govt workers notified after virus breach

  Employees at U.S. federal security agencies are being notified that their personal information may have been compromised after hackers planted a virus on computer networks of government contractor SRA International.

• Worm uses Google to squirm around Facebook

  A malicious program that sprang up on Facebook.com in late July has surfaced again, this time using Google's Web sites to sneak around security filters.