A new variant of the DroidKungFu Android Trojan is posing as a legitimate application update in order to infect handsets, according to security researchers from Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure. Distributing Android malware as updates is a relatively new tactic that was first seen in July. The primary method of infecting…
Hacker poses as Gants Hill charity founder in attempted con
Ramesh Verma picking up an honorary MBA from the University of East London last year by Chris McHugh, Reporter Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:28 AM A hacker gained control over a Gants Hill woman’s charity email account to ask for money with a sob story. The hoax email was sent…
New Mac malware variant surfaces, poses as PDF
by Serenity Caldwell, Macworld.com First Look: Trojan Horse warning: What you need to know Update brings enhanced malware protection for Snow Leopard Inside Snow Leopard’s hidden malware protection Leap-A malware: what you need to know Lion: The Complete Macworld Review How to: Discover malware before installing Mac malware, while…
Mac trojan poses as PDF to open botnet backdoor
Malware continues to be a minimal threat to most Mac users, but that doesn’t mean attackers aren’t constantly trying to come up with new ways to steal information or turn users’ machines into botnet drones. The latter appears to be the case with a new Mac trojan posing as a…