It's one thing when malware attacks your phone, but it's another when that same malware hops over to your PC, and then uses it to listen in on all your conversations on top of just messing with your phone. A newly discovered Android app — one that's in the Google Play store — can do just that. Beware. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr Tennent:
"Googles only interesting in consolidating it monopoly over search engines thats all Android is at the end of the day. The thing that annoys me is when..." More »
As more and more traffic moves from the desktop to mobile devices, malware has closely followed it. Now, an Internet security firm has discovered the first websites designed specifically to infect Android devices that visit the page with malware. Read More >>
Featured comment by lhopki01:
"Read the source link. It doesn't automatically install the malware. It just downloads the apk and then asks you if you want to install it.
Hardly t..." More »
Looks like all that Mac malware that's been taking the internet by storm is causing serious havoc for administrators. Network security staff from Oxford University have been "somewhat overwhelmed" by the Flashback Trojan on a "windows scale", plus they reckon Apple's "making minimal effort" to help them out. The bad news as there's even more Mac malware in the wild too. Read More >>
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"It's not just about specs though is it? There are many other benefits such as an excellent quality screen, brilliant build quality and Apple's excelle..." More »
If you’ve ever wondered why people write malware, it’s just like anything else – it’s all about the money. Symantec has worked out that the evil-doing bottom-feeders behind that nasty Flashback Trojan, which caught the Mac world with its pants down, were raking in around £6,000 a day – that’s premiership footballer-money. Read More >>
Featured comment by midnightz:
"Finally, those Mac lovers can stop talking b*llox about their platform being so much more secure than Windows systems!" More »
For those Mac users who still haven't taken the hint and updated their systems' security (all, what, 140,000 of you?), here's yet another version of the Flashback Trojan for you to enjoy. Read More >>
The latest case of an anti-virus company trying to get users to panic about Android's security features comes via McAfee, which says it believes 70,000 Android owners may have downloaded a "trojan" that made it through Google's filters and out onto the Play Store. Read More >>
The Flashback trojan has infected more than half a million Macs (and counting!). But until now, detecting it and removing it hasn't been dead simple. Read More >>
Apple’s apparently working on a counter-attack against that Flashback Trojan that’s plaguing Macs everywhere, but who knows how long Cupertino is going to take to launch its assault. If you’re not too keen on poking around in your system for a manual removal, Kaspersky’s got a free Flashback removal tool up for grabs that’ll do it all for you. Read More >>
Featured comment by NickMackz:
"Sophos free anti-virus for mac is also very good. I have used it in the past but I don't normally as I find it to be a little bit of a resource hog th..." More »
There's a new Mac trojan that's been floating around, and it's terrifying everyone. It's written in an unknown language, doesn't even need your password to compromise you, and now it's apparently infected 600,000 users. Here's how to use Terminal to check if you're one of the unlucky many. Read More >>
Featured comment by modernape:
"Not sure about the reliability of the source for that 600 000 number though - one unknown operation from Russia. I'd like some verification by another..." More »
Russian security experts are claiming to have discovered a massive Mac-based botnet ring, which is believed to consist of around 600,000 infected computers running OS X. Read More >>
The Flashback Trojan is proving to be a very agile bit of code. It's mutated several times since it was initially discovered last year, and its newest iteration will let itself onto your system with or without your permission. Read More >>
Featured comment by emmanuel.makris:
"I'm at a loss here. Java on OS X is sandboxed; anyone care to elaborate, in technical terms, how it can infect a Mac without explicit permission?" More »
The Duqu Trojan is one nasty piece of code, rivaled in sophistication only by its relative, the Stuxnet Worm. A new analysis of the Trojan, however, has revealed just how advanced it really is. Read More >>
Featured comment by joe.yearsley:
"Remember when Obama met with lots of tech giants for dinner, think this is a concoction of that? lots of experienced programmers with different coding..." More »