Recently the Mac platform has been hit with a few malware attacks, the most notable of which is the Flashback malware, but the same vulnerabilities that this and others have used are now cropping up in other malware as well, including yesterday’s news of the SabPab malware and its MacKontrol…
Android Malware Being Spread By Text Messages
Android is pretty great, but we all have to admit – the operating system is pretty vulnerable to malware. One of the latest and particularly nasty attempts at infecting users was through a seemingly legitimate copy of Angry Birds Space. This latest attack is even more legitimate. The security experts…
Android Malware Being Spread By Text Messages
Android is pretty great, but we all have to admit – the operating system is pretty vulnerable to malware. One of the latest and particularly nasty attempts at infecting users was through a seemingly legitimate copy of Angry Birds Space. This latest attack is even more legitimate. The security experts…
Android Malware Being Spread By Text Messages
Android is pretty great, but we all have to admit – the operating system is pretty vulnerable to malware. One of the latest and particularly nasty attempts at infecting users was through a seemingly legitimate copy of Angry Birds Space. This latest attack is even more legitimate. The security experts…
Monitor OS X LaunchAgents folders to help prevent malware attacks
Recently the Mac platform has been hit with a few malware attacks, the most notable of which is the Flashback malware, but the same vulnerabilities that this and others have used are now cropping up in other malware as well, including yesterday’s news of the SabPab malware and its MacKontrol…
Monitor OS X LaunchAgents folders to help prevent malware attacks
Recently the Mac platform has been hit with a few malware attacks, the most notable of which is the Flashback malware, but the same vulnerabilities that this and others have used are now cropping up in other malware as well, including yesterday’s news of the SabPab malware and its MacKontrol…
Symantec: Flashback malware now down to 140K machines
There’s some good news and some bad news in Mac malware land: the number of machines estimated to be infected has dropped, but that number hasn’t gone down as fast as experts expected. In a blog post today, software maker and security firm Symantec lowered its estimate of machines that…
Symantec: Flashback malware now down to 140K machines
There’s some good news and some bad news in Mac malware land: the number of machines estimated to be infected has dropped, but that number hasn’t gone down as fast as experts expected. In a blog post today, software maker and security firm Symantec lowered its estimate of machines that…
Flashback Malware Still Affects 140,000 Macs
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 statistics from our sinkhole are showing declining numbers on a daily…
Flashback Malware Still Infects 140,000 Macs, Not Dead Yet
Tools to remove the Flashback malware variant that has been discovered on Mac computers this month have been effective, but the Flashback is not quite dead yet, according to a recent report. The malware, which originally infected upwards of 600,000 computers, has been eliminated from the majority of them. There…