A new and “extremely dangerous” version of the notorious Zeus malware has been discovered with the ability to fool detection systems by hiding behind an apparently legitimate digital signature. The virus was revealed by US vendor Comodo Antivirus Labs late last week. The company found over 200 unique hits by…
New Mac Malware Fools Customers, But Threat Still Relatively Small
The 11-inch MacBook Air costs $1,000. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com A new piece of malware has caused an uptick in Apple customers reporting infected machines, renewing a timeless debate on the state of Macintosh security versus Windows. The trojan horse is called Mac Defender. It’s a web pop-up containing a spoof…