Articles Tagged with malware

March Madness Means More Malware, AVG Offers Helpful Security Tips

March Madness Computer Security

March Madness is the best time of the year for college basketball fans. Unfortunately, the popular month in sports is also prime real estate for computer hackers, specifically for malware and phishing attempts. AVG monitors virus scan and phishing services for more than 146 million active users, and that base has helped the company put… Read more »

Adobe Issues Emergency Flash Update To Stop Malware Attack

Adobe Flash Malware Protection Update

Adobe has issued an emergency Flash update for Mac and Windows. The new update fixes two new vulnerabilities that have already spread malware “in the wild.” One of the exploits is capable of equally targeting Mac and Windows users. The first attack tricks Mac and Windows users into downloading and opening MS Word files that… Read more »

Top 12 Christmas Internet Scams To Watch Out For

Top 12 Christmas Internet Scams To Watch Out For

McAfee has released its top 12 internet scams to watch out for for this Christmas holiday season. According to McAfee, online Christmas shopping is expected to grow 12.1 percent in the US alone this year to as much as $96 billion. Yet, even though consumers tend to own multiple smart devices, a third lack protection… Read more »

Hack A Pacemaker And Kill The Patient With Lethal Shocks

Hackers Can Induce A heart Attack By Hacking Pacemakers

There seems to be no end to the willingness of some human beings to use technology to evil ends, as evidenced by the latest medical scare to come to the world’s attention. Hackers have discovered a way to access pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and send lethal shocks to the patient or cause insulin pumps… Read more »

‘Bad Piggies’ Malware Hits Google Chrome Browser

Fake Ads

Bad Piggies! That’s what more than 80,000 Google Chrome browser users were saying on Thursday morning when their browsers were hit with a fake Bad Piggies game that spread malware onto their computers. The malware, which took advantage of Rovio’s super popular game, was detected by Barracuda Labs who warned customers to stay away from… Read more »

Flame Virus Modified, Sent To Lebanon As ‘Gauss’

Computer Virus Gauss

A new computer virus, which bares a resemblance to the Flame malware, has been spotted in Lebanon. The new virus has been found on 2,500 computer in 25 countries but has focused most of its infection rate on one region. According to Wired : “The discovery appears to add to the steadily growing arsenal of… Read more »

Flame Virus Signed With Microsoft Root Authority Certificates

Flame Malware has Microsoft Certificates

Microsoft on Monday released a high-priority Windows update and a security advisory after it was discovered that part of the Flame malware infecting computers throughout the Middle East were signed with trusted digital certificates that have been linked to the Microsoft Root Authority. By improperly using Microsoft certificates the Flame malware could mislead a user… Read more »

Apple Flashback.S Variant Surfaces, Activates On Macs Without Password

iMac Viruses Surfacing Regularly

If you thought the Apple Flashback malware was behind us think again, research firm Intego has discovered a new variant called the Flashback.S which targets the same Java vulnerability that Apple recently patched without the need to enter a password for the variant to install. The new installation places the exploit in a user’s home… Read more »

1 In 5 Macs Are Infected With Malware [Study Results]

Apple Mac Virus Attack

1 in 5 Apple computers are infected with viruses according to a new study. There has long been a held belief among uninformed buyers that Apple has somehow managed to make their computers so secure that hackers don’t even bother attempting to exploit weaknesses in the Mac OS X operating system. The truth is for… Read more »