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Kaspersky: Apple is a decade behind Microsoft on security
Kaspersky: Apple is a decade behind Microsoft on security
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of security company Kaspersky Lab, had some choice words for Apple and its recent malware woes. The ...... 27 Apr 2012 - 5 comments
350,000 infected PCs to lose Internet access in July
350,000 infected PCs to lose Internet access in July
The FBI has made it clear today that all Internet users should check their PCs for infection by the "DNSChanger" malware, which is expected ...... 22 Apr 2012 - 9 comments
Macs hit with another widespread malware
Macs hit with another widespread malware
Security firm Sophos has announced today the discovery of another widespread malware attacking Mac computers. Dubbed "Sabpab," the threat ...... 13 Apr 2012 - 12 comments
Apple working to shut down Mac-based botnet, creating Flashback removal tool
Apple working to shut down Mac-based botnet, creating Flashback removal tool
Last week we reported that over 500,000 Mac computers were infected with the BackDoor.Flashback trojan, which had turned the computers into a major botnet. ...... 11 Apr 2012
FBI sets July 9 deadline to clean DNSChanger malware
FBI sets July 9 deadline to clean DNSChanger malware
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has delayed shutting down malicious DNS servers because so many people are still using them. 09 Mar 2012 - 3 comments
'Anonymous' DDoS software contained trojan
'Anonymous' DDoS software contained trojan
The hacktivist collective known as Anonymous was hit with a "taste of its own medicine," says security software company Symantec. Anonymous ...... 04 Mar 2012 - 11 comments
Scareware victims to get cut of $8 million pay out
Scareware victims to get cut of $8 million pay out
FTC announces that scareware victims will get a cut of $8 million recovered from a fake anti-virus vendor. 14 Dec 2011
iTunes users hit with gift certificate scam
iTunes users hit with gift certificate scam
E-mail claiming to conain an iTunes gift code delivers malware payload to unfortunate victims. 25 Nov 2011 - 1 comment
Malware on Android jumps 472 percent
Malware on Android jumps 472 percent
The Android smartphone OS has become a hotbed of malware, says Juniper Networks. Since July, malware apps have increased 472 percent and ...... 21 Nov 2011 - 11 comments
Drone pilot's computers hit with keylogger
Drone pilot's computers hit with keylogger
Although unconfirmed by the military, it appears that the computers used to control Reaper and Predator drones have been hit by a nasty keylogger. ...... 08 Oct 2011 - 2 comments
Rootkits fight for control of compromised PCs
Rootkits fight for control of compromised PCs
Increasingly, malware authors target rivals to keep compromised systems completely under their control. In one interesting case, reported ...... 10 Aug 2011 - 6 comments
FBI targets 'scareware' malware peddlers
FBI targets 'scareware' malware peddlers
U.S. Feds work with international law enforcement agencies to disrupt two FAKEAV peddlers. Two Latvian individuals have been indicted, and ...... 24 Jun 2011 - 5 comments
Windows update dents 'Autorun' malware prevalence
Windows update dents 'Autorun' malware prevalence
Update earlier this year halts surge of 'Autorun' malware family infections. Microsoft released an update on February 8 for the Windows XP ...... 22 Jun 2011 - 6 comments
Mac malware already evades scareware security update
Mac malware already evades scareware security update
Mac users feel the pain of Windows users caught in the middle of a cat and mouse game with malware authors. It only took a few hours after ...... 01 Jun 2011 - 9 comments
Apple acknowledges Mac Defender malware
Apple acknowledges Mac Defender malware
Apple has decided to acknowledge the Mac Defender malware variants and says it will help fight the FakeAV software through an update. Recently, ...... 25 May 2011 - 6 comments
1 in every 14 downloads is malware, says Microsoft
1 in every 14 downloads is malware, says Microsoft
According to Microsoft, one in every fourteen downloads is malware, and that Internet Explorer 8 and 9 blocks up to 5 million attacks, daily. ...... 19 May 2011 - 20 comments
SQL injection attack hits hundreds of thousands of websites
SQL injection attack hits hundreds of thousands of websites
Hundreds of thousands of websites have been hit by a code-injection attack that targets a problem with an unknown (so far) web application. ...... 02 Apr 2011 - 7 comments
Top way to get hit with malware? Porn, says BitDefender
Top way to get hit with malware? Porn, says BitDefender
Internet security company BitDefender has reported this week that pornography is the top reason the average user gets hit with malware on their computers. ...... 25 Jan 2011 - 10 comments
Twitter worm using goo.gl URL shortener to trick users into malware
Twitter worm using goo.gl URL shortener to trick users into malware
Twitter has been hit by a new worm this week, one that uses the goo.gl URL shortener to trick users into downloading malicious code. The ...... 23 Jan 2011
20 percent of Facebook 'news feed' posts are malware
20 percent of Facebook 'news feed' posts are malware
Security company BitDefender has said today that 20 percent of posts that Facebook users see on their "news feed" are actually malware. 60 ...... 25 Nov 2010 - 15 comments
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