Tag: Virus
iOS Virus Released In App Store, Affects PCs?
This story is sure to bring a “lolwut” to many of your faces: iOS malware has been found in the App Store again, but it...
Thousands May Lose Internet Access Monday
In 2011 a group of hackers released a virus under the name ‘DNSChanger’. This virus is pretty simple — it changes your DNS settings, making...
New Mac Java Virus Delivered Via MS Word
It’s sort of hard to believe, but it appears Mac OS X is being victimized by another trojan virus, this time delivered by Microsoft Word....
Apple Has Announced That It’s Working On Flashback Fix
Plenty of companies and people have released tools for identifiying whether or not the nefarious Flashback.k Trojan has infected their machines, but outside of a...
Flashback Trojan Reportedly Infects 600,000 Macs
Your snotty PC using friends who have been talking for the last 15 years about how Mac viruses will be on the rise any day...
New Evidence Shows Hackers Employing Windows Trojan Tactics Against OS X
Hackers, or the Chiense government, seem to have figured out that sending fake Microsoft Word documents to individuals using OS X would be a great...
Mac OS X Trojan horse disguised as a Flash installer
Yes, Virginia, there are Mac viruses… but you have to be tricked into installing them. This seems to be the strategy behind a new trojan...
Even fake Flash wants to do dirty things to your Mac
There are many reasons to not install Flash, but there may be an even bigger reason to not install fake-Flash — a Trojan, and not...
Intego releases malware scanner for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
It was only a matter of time until an iOS exploit reared its ugly head in public. Just last week we published an article about...
Computer viruses now illegal in Japan, as well as other countries
Creating and/or distributing viruses is now illegal in Japan. If you find yourself getting smacked by the wrong-end of the law for doing either, you...
Intego discovers new ‘MACDefender’ malware threat for Mac OS X
Anti-virus outfit Intego has discovered a new malware program called MACDefender, which attacks Macs via SEO Poisoning. When unassuming users click a link after searching...
Mac Trojan BlackHole RAT gets rewritten and becomes scarier
Mac Trojans are nothing new, albeit rare in the Mac Community at this time. SecureMac has identified a new trojan, dubbed BlackHole RAT 2.0 by...
Which costs more, a Mac or a PC?
In this on-going debate of whether a Windows computer is cheaper than a Mac computer, you need to take two things into account. First, the...
Why should Mac users have to pay an Internet Tax?
The Apple community so far has been immune to viruses and malware, as where the Windows community is rampant with all sorts of viruses and...
Reasons why I love my Macs over Windows machines
I do not want this to turn into a debate, and yes I am fully aware that Macs are not immune to the same things...
Safari gets pwned in PWN2OWN
ComputerWorld is reporting that Safari was the first browser to fall in the yearly CanSecWest contest ‘PWN2OWN.’ The exploit was run by the same Charlie...
Buyer Beware of MacGuard Malware!
Are you preparing for the end of world? Apparently, some Apple users are and they’re buying anti-virus software called MacGuard. MacGuard is a clone of...
Safari is exploitable, oh my!
I’ve taken a couple of days to think about this before I posted my opinions. I’ve gone from apathy to anger pretty quickly, as I’ve...