Recent News & Comments About malware alarm
Security firm claims Mac security is "10 years behind" Microsoft
Not content to dispel the "myth" that Macs are impervious to malware last week , Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky is sounding the Mac malware alarm again this week. During the Info Security 2012 conference, he claimed that Apple is 10 years behind Microsoft on the security front . "I think [Apple is] ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security," Kaspersky told CBR. "For many years I've ...
FBI Sounds Alarm on Hotel WiFi Caper
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned overseas travelers to be careful when using hotel WiFi networks. "Recent analysis from the FBI and other government agencies demonstrates that malicious actors are targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an Internet connection in their hotel rooms," a bulletin from the Internet Crime Complaint Center said last week.
Alarm sounded for 'cyber intrusions' against natural gas companies
Multiple confidential alerts have been issued to bring attention to spear-phishing cyber attacks against targets at U.S. natural gas companies.
Remains of the Day: Mistakes were made
Microsoft raises the alarm on Macs' vulnerability to malware (sort of); Apple at last acknowledges where it got its maps; and just like average Joes, CEOs like to ... exaggerate on their résumés. The remainders for Friday, May 4, 2012 are totally fluent in French. Nous promettons.
Lookout Safeguards Smartphones, but Do Consumers Care?
The startup's security app detects threats, yet many users are unconcerned
Oxford University hit hard by Mac Flashback infections
In a small window into the chaos wrought by the Mac Flashback Trojan, the University of Oxford Computing Services team has described it as the worst malware outbreak it has had to contend with since the Windows Blaster worm of 2003.
DHS Sounds Alarm on Gas Line Cyberthreat
For months, the nation's natural gas pipeline industry has been under persistent cyberattack from unknown parties, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed this week. The DHS has been working since March 2012 with critical infrastructure owners and operators in the oil and natural gas sector to address a series of intrusions targeting natural gas pipeline companies.
Flashback 'hijacked' web searches
The Flashback Trojan could have netted its creators more than $10,000 a day, suggests analysis of the malware.
Indian Researchers Develop Software to Stop Cyber Attack Bots
Apple Mac users have received a rude awakening over the past month: Their computers suddenly seem more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Not only have the machines been targeted by a group of malicious software (malware) programs—collectively known as Flashback or Flashfake—but those programs have also succeeded in turning hundreds of thousands of Macs into virtual [...]
13. Up close and personal with Mikko Hypponen
From a young boy who wrote computer games, he is now playing the role of a hero who fights against malware.
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