Don’t Believe in Antivirus? Malware is Only One Tool in a Cybercriminal’s Arsenal
Even though the number and severity of Mac malware has been growing steadily, and despite Flashback infecting a significant...
Tag Archives: Malware
New Sabpab Backdoor Variant Found
Every now and again, we’ll see new variants of popular malware families, especially when those malware families are commonly...
Intego Discovers a New Multi-Platform Minecraft Password Stealer
A new multi-platform Trojan that affects OS X and Windows has been discovered. The threat is a Minecraft password...
What We Know About Apple’s Malware Breach
The coverage surrounding Apple’s recent malware-related breach has been maddeningly sparse and has led to as much misinformation as...
Pint-Sized Backdoor for OS X Discovered
Updated February 19, 2013 to include more information _____ A new backdoor which affects OS X has been announced to...
New Targeted Attack on Tibetan Activists Using OS X Discovered
Once again, another round of targeted attack on Tibetan activists which drops a backdoor trojan has been found (the last...
Ads are a Huge Source of Malicious Content; Java Vulnerabilities Behind 80% of the Exploits
A recent annual report from Cisco highlights something that’s pretty obvious to anyone who’s been paying attention to malware...
Targeted Attacks Require Better Awareness
For folks following InfoSec experts on their various social media outlets, especially in the Twittersphere, there’s been a lot...
New Phish Tries to Evade Researchers
Malware has been employing anti-researcher and detection-evading tactics, almost since the beginning of malicious code. And while phishing and...
Java Programming is On the Decline–Is Mac Malware to Blame?
This last year was not a good one for Java on the Mac. There were a number of malware...