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Mac and Android Users Beware: The Malware is Coming For You!
As we would expect with new operating systems or with old ones becoming more popular there is a rise in the various types of malware aimed at Macs and systems running ?s Android. It isn?t that these systems are more vulnerable than our leaky PCs, they?re not, but rather that with the rise in population ...
Security firm claims OS X is ‘really vulnerable’ to malware
Security firm Kaspersky Lab has begun to independently examine Apple’s Mac OS X platform and found that it’s highly vulnerable to malware. ”As Mac OS X market share continues to increase, we expect cyber-criminals to continue to develop new types of malware and attack methods, ” the company’s CTO Nikolai Grebennikov said. “In order to meet these new threats, Kaspersky Lab has been conducting an ...
Android malware using real apps as disguise 'wrappers'
Mobile malware stepped up an order of magnitude in volume and sophistication during 2011 and this trend has continued in the first quarter of 2012, according to F-Secure's latest quarterly report.
iOS Vulnerable to Malware Attack, Security Firm Warns
The Kaspersky security company claims that iOS's sizable market share makes it a tempting target for malware writers.
McAfee Q1 Threats Report Finds Significant Malware Increase Across All Platforms
McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2012, which exposes an increase in malware across all platforms. The report shows that in Q1, PC malware reached its highest levels in four years, as well as a steep increase in malware targeting the Android platform.
Cloud-Based Data Security Service ensures endpoint protection.
Managed remotely from anywhere through Web-based console, Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) v6.0 helps prevent spread of malware spread by improper use of external devices. Device Control lets organizations enforce policies to deny access, force read-only access, or grant total access on multiple device types. This endpoint security SaaS also offers group policies for configuration of ...
Android Malware Genome Project aims to nurture mobile security research
Project will share data on malware targeting the Android platform. It has collected 1,200 Android malware samples.
Fake Angry Birds app cost UK Android users £28,000
In the most serious mobile malware incident yet to be uncovered in the UK a firm has been fined £50,000 by the regulator for profiting from bogus apps that covertly sent SMS messages costing £5 a time to a premium rate number.
Mobile Malware Attacks on the Rise
Anti-virus software vendor, McAfee says that PC malware reached its highest levels in four years during the first quarter of this year, as well as a steep increase in malware targeting the Android platform.
Malware attack on Android up 1,200 pc in 1Q12
BANGALORE, INDIA: Nearly 7,000 Android threats have been collected and identified through the end of Q1, a more than 1,200 per cent increase compared with the 600 Android samples collected by the end of Q4 2011, finds McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2012.
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