ANew backdoor intrusion attempts to turn Macs into bots for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and can also open them to other exploits, says security firm ESET. The malware is operated through IRC networks, and connects to one of a list of IRC servers so it can interpret commands received in a chat channel. Beyond turning […]
A Mac Trojan now in circulation attempts to disable OS X’s built-in anti-malware protection, known as XProtect, according to security firm F-Secure. Identified with the label OSX/Flashback.C, the Trojan first decrypts the paths of XProtectUpdater files, then unloads the XProtectUpdater daemon. To finish the job, the malware then overwrites the XProtectUpdater files with a blank […]
A new virus definitions update for Microsoft’s Security Essentials (MSE) has inadvertently misidentified Google’s Chrome browser app as containing a trojan and being a “severe” threat. MSE has been caught removing Chrome from users’ computers. Microsoft has acknowledged the mis-categorization and issued a patch, but not before hundreds of users were forced to reinstall the […]
Symantec today rolled out its first Norton security software product specifically for tablets, an offering designed to protect Android tablets from phishing attacks, malware, and physical theft. This is part of Norton Everywhere initiative which aims to put a Norton Security product on every connected device. Priced at $39.99, Norton Tablet Security will provide tablets […]
Today almost everyone has a smartphone and they go almost everywhere with us. We use them to keep connected at work, out with friends and with family. And those phones know so much about us, we have everything from our work e-mail, our address book, our friends and co-workers phone numbers, our latest snaps on […]
Users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac will receive an automatic update which will upgrade the product to be compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, the company announced today. The program, which detects and prevents Macs from spreading Windows viruses, and other types of malware for Windows, Mac and Linux, can also be manually […]
Several months after Google pulled a long list of titles from the Android Market to help protect users against Malware, the platform has reportedly been targeted by a fresh scam. Security software company NetQin claims to have found malware contained in over 20 Android apps, causing devices to auto-dial phone numbers or send text messages […]
Another and potentially more dangerous version of the Mac Defender malware has been detected in the wild, says security firm Intego. Called “MacGuard,” the code is mostly similar in function to its predecessors. An attack begins, for instance, when a person is tricked into visiting a malicious URL, which triggers the automatic download of an […]
Apple tonight confirmed in a support document that it was patching the avenue for the MacDefender malware attack. The company promised a Mac OS X fix in “coming days” that would automatically detect and pull all known instances of MacDefender. Mac users would also get a warning if they downloaded it, the company said. In […]
A new piece of malware called MACDefender is currently targeting users of Mac OS X, says security firm Intego. The exploit begins with a person clicking on a link to a malicious site with special embedded JavaScript code. The code triggers a ZIP file download; if a browser like Safari is set to open downloaded […]
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