iOS is pretty safe and secure, as there’s no known malware that’ll make your iPhone bug out and die. But! Your iPhone could act as a carrier to malware, bringing viruses to your computer without you even knowing. VirusBarrier puts a malware scanner on your iPhone so you never have…
Computer America: New program trolls for malware
By CRAIG CROSSMAN Special to the Daily News Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type Going online these days is a risky business. All kinds of malware is trying to steal your personal and financial information. The computer viruses of yesterday tried to crash your computer by deleting…
Malware Munches on Mitsubishi, and Certificates Can Lie
In the wake of repeated hacker attacks on defense contractors in the United States comes news that the systems of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s biggest defense contractor, have been breached. Mitsubishi’s submarine, missile and nuclear power plant component factories were reportedly targeted by the attackers. Meanwhile, the security community is…
WordPress malware spreading —Sophos
WordPress users, watch out: a new malware is now injecting itself into WordPress installations. Computer security firm Sophos said the virus “Mal/Badsrc-C” is found in the file index.html, planted in such a way it would show itself only on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. “This hack appears to be widespread and…
This Heidi Klum story will not infect your computer with malware, honest
Searching for Heidi Klum online could be the kiss of death for your computer, one study shows. The world-famous model and current host of Project Runway ranked as the new riskiest celebrity to look up online, according to a report from the Internet security company McAfee. The report found that…
Google busts itself for distributing malware
Google is under fire in Washington for favoring its own properties. This week, I ran across proof that on at least one front it doesn’t discriminate. The company’s Safe Browsing service uses Google’s wide-ranging spiders to look for evidence of malware distribution on the network at large; the findings are…
Infographic: Two Decades of Malware
In the last two decades, malware has evolved from a simple, contained software virus to an unstoppable plague that can spread to millions of smartphone users in one foul click. Last year, Trend Micro’s analysts found that consumers were being targeted by up to 100,000 threats?a number that has tripled…
Cyberattackers hit Japanese defence giant with Trojan malware
Japan’s biggest defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy has admitted that it was targeted by a major cyberattack last month in which at least 83 of its computers were infected with malware. According to reports in the Japanese press, 45 servers and 38 PCs across 10 facilities in Japan were successfully hit…
NEWS: New malware toolkit version affecting Android users
Android users, take heed. A new malware toolkit is reportedly affecting devices running on Google’s mobile platform and could be an instrument for stealing confidential information related to online banking transactions. According to Sophos, SpyEye, which is an infamous and widespread malware toolkit used in creating botnets, have somehow spawned…
Yahoo, Bing Ads Serve Malware
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