Posts Tagged ‘malicious software

The growth of mobile malware has skyrocketed in the past two years. Malware specific to Android devices in particular has been making headlines as of late. In March, Google removed 21 apps from the Android Market after the blog Android Police alerted the company that the apps contained malware and were being used to collect [...]

Google has identified a piece of malware that is redirecting unusual search traffic to its servers, prompting the company to warn affected users. “Recently, we found some unusual search traffic while performing routine maintenance on one of our data centers,” security engineer Damian Menscher wrote on the company’s blog. “After collaborating with security engineers at [...]

MacDefender, MacProtector ,and MacSecurity are the names for a fraudulent “anti-virus software” that is the subject of recent phishing campaigns targeting Mac users. It affects users of Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.6, and Mac OS X 10.5. Apple will be putting out a Mac OS X update that will automatically find and [...]

Malicious software like viruses, trojans, rootkits and worms have long been the bane of desktop computing. But with the popularity of mobile and tablet devices, these are also being targeted by attackers. Trend Micro has announced its application to help combat mobile malware. (more…) © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities, 2011. | Permalink | [...]

Dell said Wednesday that the motherboards for some of its servers were infected with malicious software that could give a cyber criminal access to information stored on the systems. Go to Source


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