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Tampa, St. Louis, and Orlando top the list of 'most infected cities for 1H of 2016 24 Hour US Malware Map (courtesy of Enigma Software Group) According to the Enigma Software Group (ESG) Research team, US malware has dropped over 47% for the first half of 2016. Despite the drop in overall infections, there still are millions of computers nationwide getting infections every day. ESG wanted to look at which cities in the U.S. had the most number of infections in the first half of 2016 and looked at the total number of infections in the 150 largest cities in the U.S. As you might expect, the cities with the largest population had the most number of infections. More people means more computers, which means more infections. So cities like New York and Los Angeles and Chicago topped the list.  ESG wanted to compare the actual infection rate (at least among those who use SpyHunter), so we divided the number of infections detected in each city by its population. That gives a b...

We continue our Kickstart Unboxed series on Kickstarter entrepreneurs and their stories. Earlier this year, a supposed unvalidated claim of a refrigerator sending spam email was reported. In the Internet of Things(IOT) era, security, virus and malware vulnerability is a possibilty. We found a product on Kickstarter, called  iGuardian , which stops viruses and malware before they enter your home network device. We speak with Jock Breitwieser (Bright-wise-er) and Daniel Ayoub of itus Networks and creators of iGuardian. Daniel and Jock give a glimpse of their so-far successful Kickstarter campaign. Listen to their learnings about Kickstarter.

At Macworld/iWorld 2013, we came across an interesting company. ESET provides malware protection for Macs. Huh? What? Macs need malware protection? Well, yes, they do according to ESET. In this interview, we sat down with Stephen Cobb, Security Evangelist for ESET. Stephen discusses why ESET believes you should be protected from Mac Malware.