Researchers have discovered at least two new pieces of malware in the wild that subject Mac users to advanced surveillance campaigns designed to surreptitiously siphon confidential data from their machines. According to blog posts from Kaspersky and Sophos, malware identified as SabPub arrives in a booby-trapped Microsoft Word document that…
Researchers uncover new espionage malware preying on Mac users
Researchers have discovered at least two new pieces of malware in the wild that subject Mac users to advanced surveillance campaigns designed to surreptitiously siphon confidential data from their machines. According to blog posts from Kaspersky and Sophos, malware identified as SabPub arrives in a booby-trapped Microsoft Word document that…
Flashback malware removal tool arrives for Java-less Mac users
Apple has released another Flashback malware removal tool—this time for OS X Lion users who do not have Java installed. At the moment, Apple doesn’t offer a similar stand-alone tool for earlier versions of the OS. Earlier this week Apple acknowledged the presence of malware being spread by a Java…
Windows XP users reminded of two-year support deadline
The two-year deadline for users of Windows XP and Office 2003 to abandon their software or face a life without official support started ticking on Sunday, Microsoft has reminded millions of customers. In a message that follows up on last October’s 10-year anniversary announcement that support for XP would end…
Mac users should fear viruses, more widespread attacks likely coming: experts
TORONTO – Mac users can no longer be blithely indifferent about the risks of viruses and cyber attacks, warn computer security experts. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Ice IX Trojan tricks Facebook users into exposing credit card details
A new configuration of the Ice IX malware is tricking 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 Facebook….
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…
Apple patches Java hole that was being used to compromise Mac users
Apple has released an update to Java for OS X patching a recently exploited vulnerability targeting Mac users. Update now to protect yourself or better yet, remove Java. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
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…
Yahoo to comply with users’ Do Not Track requests across all websites
c Most major browsers are now able to send a message to sites visited, indicating whether users want their surfing behaviour to be tracked by cookies for the purposes of displaying personalised ads. In February the last major hold-out, Google, announced that its Chrome browser will include Do Not Track…