All the stories tagged with malware
Crisis trojan for Mac discovered, reportedly installs itself without requiring user permissions
07/25/2012, It used to be that we could go for months without reading about malware or viruses for Mac computers, but it certainly doesn’t seem to be the case these days. That being said, if you’re a Mac user, there is [...]
Iranian nuclear facility playing AC/DC’s Thunderstruck at night, says report
07/24/2012, F-Secure, an anti-virus and computer security software company, reportedly received an unsolicited email over the weekend from a purported scientist working at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). The scientist told F-Secure that their Iranian nuclear systems were struck [...]
Windows malware intrudes iOS App Store
07/24/2012, Although some Apple enthusiasts will often say that you won’t have to worry about dealing with malware and virus threats on your Mac or iOS device, recent reports are suggesting otherwise. A user named “deesto” posted a note to an [...]
Facebook provides tools to counter malware
07/11/2012, While malware is a pretty common thing nowadays, a lot of people still have no clue about it or what they can do to help get rid of it. Well it looks like Facebook is leveraging its popularity to help [...]
Google disputes claims of Android botnet
07/09/2012, Last week, a Microsoft researcher claimed to have discovered an Android botnet, but it looks like it might not exist after all. According to a statement from Google, their analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and a fake [...]
Apple App Store’s first spam sending app pulled
07/05/2012, After being reported for pushing out corrupted updates, it looks like the Apple App Store is in the news again. According to reports online, “Find and Call”, the first ever spam-sending app managed to make its way onto the Apple [...]
Android botnet discovered
07/04/2012, While malware on Android isn’t exactly unheard of, it looks like there’s more than meets the eye. A Microsoft researcher recently came across some interesting spam emails that were delivered via Yahoo! Mail servers. In addition to being sent from [...]
Flame cyber weapon was jointly developed by U.S. and Israel, report says
06/19/2012, We’ve written about the diabolical Flame malware that reportedly evaded security programs due to its highly complex programming. According to the Washington Post, officials knowledgeable about the subject said that U.S. and Israel jointly developed the sophisticated computer virus. The [...]
Microsoft patch to fight the Flame virus
06/04/2012, It was the end of last month when we talked about how ‘Flame‘ is a new cyber weapon threat, with this espionage tool being spotted first on infected Windows PCs across the entire Middle East. Nice to know that Microsoft [...]
‘Flame’ cyber weapon is a new threat
05/28/2012, The folks over at Kaspersky Lab have managed to pick up the rumblings of what they deem as a “new advanced cyber threat” which was specially designed to perform cyber espionage as well as retrieve valuable and important information (read: [...]
First Drive-By Malware Sites Discovered for Android
05/03/2012, Now that browsing the internet via a mobile device has become a norm, malware has also followed in that path. Lookout Mobile Security discovered some websites that have been designed in such a way that they only attack and infect [...]
Symantec Says Purpose for Flashback Botnet was Profit
05/01/2012, The Botnet called ‘Flashback’ which infected over 600,000 Mac computers a while back is believed to have been created to net its authors as much as $10,000 a day. According to a blog post by Symantec, the primary motivation [...]
Fake Instagram for Android discovered, contains malware
04/19/2012, Given the popularity of Instagram, its arrival on the Android platform certainly sent many Android users into a downloading frenzy. However due to the nature of Android apps which can be distributed outside of the Google Play store, some malicious [...]
