The 64-bit versions of windows are the latest targets of a new malware, a product of the BlackHole Exploit Kit, yet another successful web exploit kit developed by Russian hackers.
A look back at China and Google's history against each other.
Chinese hackers broke into the personal Gmail accounts of senior officials and military personnel of the U.S. government and it allies and stole sensitive data, setting the stage for an era of heightened cyber tension between the world's top military powers. The latest hack attack, which might bring Google and the Chinese administration into a fresh fist fight, was precisely planned and executed, raising doubts if the Chinese state had authorized it.
Google announced it has discovered a phishing scam based in China, looking to uncover email passwords of important government officials.
Google's Android operating system has become the main target for mobile malware and faced another round of attacks for the second time in three months.
Apple released on Tuesday a Mac OS X software update to protect Mac users from a recent phishing scam. Apple said the update to Mac OS 10.6.7, the Snow Leopard, will detect the malware.
After weeks of dithering, Apple has finally released a security update to remove Mac Defender malware and other known variants.
Mac Defender may have triggered panic in the Apple community for the past several weeks, busting myth that Macs are virus-proof, but it cannot claim the distinction of being the first malware to attack Apple computers.
Russian payment processing firm Chronopay denies it is connected to the Mac Defender malware that has infected thousands of Macintosh computers in the last few weeks.
ChronoPay, a Russian payment service company, has vehemently denied accusations that Mac Defender, the first scamware ever to strike Apple computers, is its “brainchild.”
Mac Defender, the first major attack ever to strike Apple computers, has been traced to a Russian online payment service site ChronoPay, according to Brian Krebs, an online security researcher.
After days of silence Apple is now addressing the high-profile virus that is threatening to ruin the pristine virus free world of the Mac OS.
An e-mail belonging to ChronoPay financial controller Alexandra Volkova has been traced to MacDefender and Mac Security Scareware incidents, according to a new web security report.
A Russian payment processing firm seems to be behind the Mac Defender scareware epidemic.
The malware that has been making the rounds of Macintosh computers in the last few weeks may have a similar author as a Windows-based scareware that appeared at about the same time.
Apple is fighting what security experts say may be the most pernicious types of computer virus to ever target its line of Mac computers.
Even as Apple is yet to release a system update that will protect Mac from the notorious malware, Mac Defender, hackers are growing in the Mac community and now an upgraded version of the malware, called Mac Guard, has arrived.
Mac Defender has already created headaches for many Mac users around the world, but it may be only the beginning, according to researchers at Sophos Laboratories.
Apple Inc is fighting what security experts say may be the most pernicious types of computer virus to ever target its line of Mac computers.
New Variants of the MAC Defender malware are appearing, less than a month after the first. The newest version needs no password to install.
Apple has posted instructions for removing the MAC Defender scareware, even as new variants are appearing.
Apple has finally admitted the danger of Mac Defender – the first major malware to target Mac computers – that created panic among Apple customers, and promised to tackle the issue.
