Apple’s Mac platform has long been promoted as safer than the competition, but as Mac sales and market share grow, it’s become a bigger target. Nowhere is that clearer than with the Flashback Trojan, a gnarly piece of malware designed to steal personal information by masquerading as very mainstream browser…
Flashback botnet: The end of the Mac’s malware immunity?
A new variant on Flashback malware exploits a Java vulnerability to install on Macs without any user interaction. Who’s vulnerable, how can Mac owners protect themselves, and what does this mean for the future of Mac malware? For the better part of two decades, Mac users have believed themselves largely…
Certificate Authority Comodo Releases Website Malware Scanning Tool SiteInspector
Comodo has launched its website malware scanning service SiteInspector (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Certificate authority and security provider Comodo released its malware scanning and blacklist monitoring solution for websites, SiteInspector, on Wednesday. According to the press release, SiteInspector Pro (the paid version) will automatically scan three pages of a…
Updated Android malware can take over your phone
A customized variant of Android malware is now worming its way onto nonrooted devices and taking them over, and the weapon requires no interaction from the victim to begin its campaign. Researchers at the mobile security firm Lookout identified the reworked malware as Legacy Native (LeNa), which poses as a…
Malware tricks Facebook users into exposing credit cards
A new variant of the Ice IX malware tricks Facebook users into exposing their credit card, debit card, and/or social security numbers. The malware does this by displaying a separate Web form inside a browser pop-up window, which looks similar to Facebook’s design, when you navigate to the social network’s…
Mac malware exploits unpatched drive-by Java vulnerability
Malware striking Mac computers is making the headlines again, this time exploiting a drive-by vulnerability in Java that has left Apple users dangerously exposed to attack. The new Mac malware exploits a Java vulnerability (known as CVE-2012-0507), that Apple users are still not patched against. Apple users won’t feel any…
Java update for OS X patches Flashback malware exploit
Following the recent Flashback malware developments for OS X where unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest Java runtime for OS X were being exploited, Apple has issued an update that brings Java up-to-date and patches these vulnerabilities. The patch is available via Software Update for systems that have Java installed, but…
Update of Android malware uses exploit to take over
LeNa displays what looks like the official Android marketplace once it is on the device. (Credit: Lookout) A new variant of a piece of Android malware dubbed LeNa (Legacy Native) has been modified so that it does not require user interaction to take control of a device, mobile security firm…
Vexira Antivirus is Selected to Protect School District from Hostile Malware, Spyware and Virus Infections
MEDINA, Ohio, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Central Command Inc., an award winning provider of malware, spyware and virus protection solutions, announced today that Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District in Texas has selected Vexira Antivirus to protect its workstations, laptops and servers after conducting an extensive test and review. Skidmore-Tynan Independent School…
Ice IX Malware Tricks Facebook Users Into Exposing Credit Card Details, Says Trusteer
A new configuration of the Ice IX malware attempts to trick its victims into exposing their credit card details when they try to access their Facebook accounts, according to security firm Trusteer. The new Ice IX variant displays a Web form inside a browser pop-up window when users log into…