Apple is in the process of developing a tool that will detect and remove the Flashback virus from infected Macs, the company revealed Tuesday. An estimated 600,000 Macs, or the market equivalent of 8.5 million PCs, have been infected with the Flashback Trojan botnet, which was originally discovered last year….
New malware hides in ‘Angry Birds Space’
Android users and Angry Birds addicts, be warned. A new malware threatens phones and tablets running Google’s OS by hiding inside a copy of the popular game. And it can wreak havoc even without user intervention. Mobile security firm Lookout said the malware is a new variant of the “Legacy…
Economic Development Administration Offline for Months Following Malware Infection (April 9, 2012)
When the computer systems at the US Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration became infected with malware months ago, the bureau unplugged the system from the Internet……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Apple works on malware detection, removal tool
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Apple Computers Vulnerable To ‘Flashback’ Malware
By Ian Bush PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Mac owners aren’t used to dealing with viruses. But that’s changing, now, with the biggest-ever threat, affecting hundreds of thousands of Apple computers. It’s malware called ‘Flashback.’ “It’s not a worm that spreads by itself,” explained Pierre-Marc Bureau. Pierre-Marc Bureau, a security intelligence program…
Cybercriminals Use Zeus Malware to Target Cloud Payroll Services
Cybercriminals are using the Zeus online banking malware to target companies that use cloud-based payroll services, researchers from security firm Trusteer said Monday. The researchers have come across a Zeus configuration that monitors the log-in Web page of a Canadian provider of human resources and payroll services called Ceridian Canada,…
Web-based malware use smart redirection to evade URL security scanners
Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET have come across new Web-based malware attacks that try to evade URL security scanners by checking for the presence of mouse cursor movement. The new drive-by download attacks were spotted in the Russian Web space and don’t require user interaction to infect computers with…
Free Tool Detects Flashback Mac Malware
A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple’s computers. The tiny tool — it’s just a 38KB download — was created by Juan Leon, a software engineer at Garmin International, the Kansas-based company best known for its GPS devices. Ars Technica first reported…
Apple issues second Java update to deal with Flashback malware
Apple has issued a second security update aimed at Flashback, the Mac malware that has reportedly infected 600,000 computers since last year. As Intego notes, the Java for OS X 2012-002 update appears to be same as the one Apple issued earlier this week, but the latest update is aimed…
Malware Targets Apple Computers, Fix Released
By Ian Sherr Security researchers said that a malware program called “Flashback” had infected some computers made by Apple Inc. before the company took steps to protect its users. Associated Press According to F-Secure Corp., a computer security company, the Flashback program was capable of infecting Apple Macintosh systems through…