Flashback OS X malware estimated to net authors $10K per day
Tue, May 1, 2012 - The malware known as "Flashback" that was believed to have infected hundreds of thousands of Macs may have paid out as much as $10,000 a day to its authors. ( 0 comments )
Mac platform faced 58 malware threats from Q2 to Q4 2011 - report
Wed, Jan 18, 2012 - Mac OS X endured 58 separate malware attacks from April 2011 to December 2011, a small fraction when compared to Microsoft's Windows operating system, according to a new summary from a security research firm. ( 44 comments )
Briefly: Thanksgiving malware, international iPhone 4S launches, new iPod touch ad
Thu, Nov 24, 2011 - New iTunes gift certificate scam takes advantage of eager Black Friday shoppers, iPhone 4S to launch tomorrow in Colombia and India and December in Russia, while Apple releases its latest iPod touch TV commercial. ( 16 comments )
Android malware has jumped up 472% since July
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 - The open nature of the Android Market has led to a 472 percent increase in malware threats to the platform over the past four months alone, a new mobile security report claims. ( 135 comments )
New Mac OS X Trojan horse hijacks GPU, steals user data
Mon, Oct 31, 2011 - A new Trojan horse hidden in a Mac OS X application can steal sensitive user data and take control of the computer’s GPU to generate Bitcoins, a form of currency used online. ( 46 comments )
Fake Adobe Flash malware seeks to disable Mac OS X anti-malware protection
Wed, Oct 19, 2011 - A new version of an existing Trojan Horse posing as a legitimate Flash Player installer (named “Flashback.A” by a security firm) is designed to disable updates to the default Mac OS X anti-malware protection system, potentially leaving the system open to the manual installation of other malware without any system warnings. ( 41 comments )
