OS X Lamadai: Flashback isn’t the only Mac malware threat
by Alexis Dorais-Joncas Security Intelligence Team Lead The Flashback trojan has been all over the news lately, but it is not the only Mac malware threat out there at the moment. A few weeks ago, we published a technical analysis of OSX/Lamadai.A, the Mac OS X payload...
FBI – remove malware from your computer or lose internet service
by Jay Scherder, KY3 News SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- It's being called the "Internet Doomsday." Thousands of computers could go offline this summer because of a virus. According to InformationWeek, at its peak the malware was infecting machines used by half of all Fortune...
Snow Leopard users most prone to Flashback infection
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - Of the Macs that have been infected by the Flashback malware, nearly two-thirds are running OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard, a Russian antivirus company said Friday. Doctor Web, which earlier this month was the first to report...
Eugene Kaspersky warns ‘Apple “10 Years” Behind Microsoft When It Comes To Security’
Speaking to CBR at the Info Security 2012 conference, Kaspersky founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky said that Apple is years behind Microsoft when it comes to security, and the company will have to change the ways it approaches updates following the recent malware...
DNS Changer (re)lived, new deadline: 9 July 2012!
by Righard Zwienenberg Senior Research Fellow As written in our "Password management for non-obvious accounts" blog post on February 22, the FBI confiscated the DNS Servers used by the DNS Changer malware and replaced them with different servers so that infected users...
Infected WordPress Blogs Blamed for Mac Flashback Trojan
By John E Dunn, techworld.com The source of the Apple Mac Flashback Trojan was probably a large clutch of compromised US-based WordPress blog websites hijacked to push visitors to malware hosts, Kaspersky Lab research has revealed. As has previously been established...
Computer Trojan Horse Steals Credit Card Details From Hotel Reception Software
By Lucian Constantin, IDG News A remote access computer Trojan (RAT) designed to steal credit card details from hotel point-of-sale (PoS) applications is being sold on the underground forums, researchers from security firm Trusteer said in a blog post on Wednesday....
20,000 Websites Possibly Infected by Malware, Says Google
By Kevin Parrish Google has informed 20,000 web sites that they could be infected with redirect malware. On Tuesday, Google's Matt Cutts said via Twitter that his Google Search Quality team sent out warning letters in numerous languages to 20,000 websites reporting...
Warning: Fake Instagram app on Android is malware
By Emil Protalinski There's a new Trojan on the block that is looking to take advantage of all the hype surrounding Facebook's acquisition of Instagram. Cybercriminals have created fake versions of the Instagram Android app, designed to earn money from unsuspecting...
Flashback Malware Still Affects 140,000 Macs
By Jared Newman, PCWorld Apparently not all Mac users got the memo about Flashback, the malware that recently infected more than 600,000 computers running OS X. According to security firm Symantec, roughly 140,000 Mac computers were still infected as of April 16. "The...
AV Comparatives Participants 2012
AV-Comparatives.org are happy to announce the participants of their annual public test-series of 2012: International participants: AhnLab (NEW), Avast, AVG, AVIRA, Bitdefender, Bullguard (NEW), eScan, ESET, Fortinet (NEW), F-Secure, G DATA, GFI (NEW), Kaspersky,...
Widespread Android Virus Could Hide in Popular App Updates
By Jason Koebler A chief officer with a leading cybersecurity company says hackers are rapidly setting their sights on Android, and it could cost users thousands of dollars in unwanted text messages. The Android phone you carry around in your pocket can help you find...
Latest Mac Malware Attack Is a Wake-Up Call for OS X Users
By Christina Bonnington Mac users were once relatively insulated from malware attacks, if only because their OS platform didn't attract the attention of criminals. But now a spike in security threats is making it clear that the bad guys are no longer ignoring Apple's...
Fighting the OSX/Flashback Hydra
by Pierre-Marc Bureau Senior Malware Researcher The biggest Mac botnet ever encountered, the OSX/Flashback botnet, is being hit hard. On April 12th, Apple released a third Java update since the Flashback malicious code outbreak. This update includes a new tool called...
Malware Masquerading as Angry Birds Game
Security software vendor Sophos and game maker Rovio warn about a Trojan horse pretending to be the popular Angry Birds Space game. Malware authors are using the popularity of the Angry Birds series of games as a way to infect the smartphones of users who download the...
LuckyCat Malware Threat Targets Macs through Word
By Jeff Gamet Mac users are facing a new malware threat called LuckyCat, fresh on the tail of Flashback. This new trojan targets a security flaw in Microsoft Word to spread its malware payload via Java exploits. Costin Raiu from Kaspersky Lab said in a SecureList blog...
Lessons for IT, Apple in Flashback brouhaha
By Ryan Faas While the number of Macs infected by the Flashback malware is seemingly in decline now, the security reverberations for Apple continue. The discovery of the botnet a couple of weeks ago -- and Apple's response -- has prompted criticism by IT security...
Malware Masquerading as Angry Birds Game
Security software vendor Sophos and game maker Rovio warn about a Trojan horse pretending to be the popular Angry Birds Space game. Malware authors are using the popularity of the Angry Birds series of games as a way to infect the smartphones of users who download the...
