Earlier this month, it was reported that a certain malware is infecting Mac OS X machines. The malware was identified as BackDoor.Flashback.39–a Trojan that targets an unpatched JavaScript codes (CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2008-5353 and CVE-2012-0507) vulnerabilities within Mac OS. More than 600,000 Macs were said to be infected by the persistent malware….
Is China Involved in Cyber Espionage? Luckycat Trojan Strikes Hard
Once again, China is in the middle of hacking incidents that use malware to acquire sensitive information from various industries in several countries. Researchers now believe that China is involved in “cyber espionage” or cyber spying. Symantec’s Luckycat Symantec, the largest maker of security software for computers, recently published a…