Posts tagged as: malware

Apple under attack: A malware infiltrates iOS-based App Store and iTunes – Part 1

The corrupted software is Windows-based and does not have threat to iOS directly but Windows users must refrain from using iTunes and App Store on PCs A malware infiltrated into Apple’s App Store for iOS this week. The host of the malicious program is Instaquotes app on the App Store and has its origins extending […]

Apple under attack: A malware infiltrates iOS-based App Store and iTunes – Part 2

Since the downloaded file is a .ipapackage, thisexecutable could be extracted using the package manager Pacifist, and then more accurately scan. Afterwards, other malware programs like Sophos that initially miss detecting the malware instantly pick it up and describe it as “Mal/CoiDung-A,” a worm written in visual basic that installs files within the Windows system […]

How to detect and remove Flashback malware from Mac OS X – Part 1

Since Apple’s beloved operating system, Mac OS X is under attacker, especially the versions after 2010, that would be Snow Leopard and last year’s Lion. The malware that has become the pain in Apple circles is infamous for the alias, Flashback that attacks the operating system on weak point of Java vulnerability in the web […]

How to detect and remove Flashback malware from Mac OS X – Part 2

OS X does not come with Java installed by default, and the latest versions of Java should be patched properly so anyone with new or properly updated systems should be safe from these threats; however, there are likely many people still running older versions of Java on their systems that are still vulnerable. If you […]

How to detect and remove Flashback malware from Mac OS X – Part 3

F-Secure’s analysis offers a detailed method for detecting and ultimately removing the malware from your system, though you can easily detect the malware in its known variants by running the following three commands sequentially in the OS X Terminal utility: defaults read ~/.MacOSX/environment DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES defaults read /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment defaults read /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Info LSEnvironment If your system […]

Apple under attack: Flashback gives the flashbacks to sloppy security management from the company – Part 1

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Apple under attack: Flashback gives the flashbacks to sloppy security management from the company – Part 2

There were times when Mac machines were considered one of the most secure platforms in the world, if not the most secure. However, gone are the days when users could blind trust Apple products in terms of secure operating systems. The main reason attached to such vulnerability to malware attacks is the sales of Mac […]

Apple under attack: Flashback gives the flashbacks to sloppy security management from the company – Part 3

“Wait until HTML5 becomes more ubiquitous for similar types of threat vulnerabilities, and you can have a botnet that runs in your browser,” Ferguson cautioned. “The more ubiquitous these platforms are, it won’t matter if it’s a mobile device or a computer. It it’s running Java or any other cross-platform technology, the threat is there.” […]

Best free and paid version of antivirus software available in the market – Part 1

The security of the computer system is of foremost importance to every users but if it is the bread and butter of someone, the concerns beef up to another level. Internet security, email spams and computer malware – spyware are to name some that need to be taken care of. Since, Microsoft’s PC operating system, […]

Best free and paid version of antivirus software available in the market – Part 2

AVAST Free Antivirus 2012 In the category of free protection from malware on the systems, AVAST has stolen the podium from the likes of Avira and AVG this year. Its latest 2012 version leads the race with vast pool of virus definitions and more keep pouring in. Its interface is optimal for every system and […]

The elderly need to become more tech savvy in this dangerous contemporary world – Part 1

In the modern world, the most worrisome is the elderly citizens, not because they are incompetent to do a more physical thing, some of them might even be more able physically then the younger generation, but oblivious nature of these folks scares the young and tech savvy people. During the holidays, elderly people get to […]

The elderly need to become more tech savvy in this dangerous contemporary world – Part 2

To many of the elderly, the very real online threat from roving gangs of online marauders is, by comparison, just a funny story told by their overwrought offspring. Kids play videogames and talk of foreign hackers and pretend to be smart but actually they are because they are into tech world since birth. Now-a-days entire […]

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