Articles tagged with: worms
Fresh cyber assaults on Iran
IRAN has been forced to take emergency action to protect its main oil terminal and other parts of its energy infrastructure after they came under a fresh wave of cyber attacks.
Reports on semi-official news agencies said that the oil terminal, on Kharg Island near the neck of the Persian Gulf, the central oil ministry and the main national oil company, as well as other linked …
Why Mac users should care about Windows malware
Although Macs are more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, Mac users need to keep their systems clean
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Two Amarillo men sentenced for meth charges
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Amarillo, Texas - Two men who admitted to selling drugs in Amarillo were sentenced in Federal court Wednesday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 20 year old Valentin Sanchez was sentenced to 45 months and Jose Pando was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison.
Both were arrested in November of 2011 and charged with one count of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
Worm attacks Iranian oil ministry
Organisations including the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum and the National Iranian Oil Company were the target of a computer worm attack on Sunday, according to the Mehr news agency.
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One in five Macs carries Windows malware, study finds
Macs are more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, according to a survey. This is not a massive surprise, given the shear numbers of Windows malware, but it is a reminder that it exists even on the Mac platform. This Windows malware is inactive and can’t do any harm, unless that computer has Windows installed as a secondary OS. Mac users also need …
1 in 5 Macs infected with (mostly harmless) malware
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How many Macs are infected with viruses or other malware?
According to British anti-virus software maker Sophos, it’s one in five.
The good news, or …
ValidEdge Unveils First Portable Malware Intelligence System
LONDON–(Marketwire -04/24/12)- Infosecurity Conference — ValidEdge, a wholly owned subsidiary of LynuxWorks, Inc., has unveiled a truly secure real-time malware analysis engine built into a standard laptop, delivering the power to analyze up to 1000 malware samples per day in a fully functional laptop without compromising the integrity of the laptop’s functions, data or operating system.
Housed on a standard quad-core laptop, the …
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FBI Warns Of Malware Designed To Permanently Lose Internet Access
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – On Nov. 8 of last year, the FBI foiled the cyber criminals involved in the so-called Operation Ghost Click, which baited computer users into downloading malicious software onto their machines.
Because of that, more than half a million users could be knocked off the Internet for good on July 9.
“Dec. 21, as we know this year on the Mayan calendar, the world is supposed …
FBI Steps Up 'Internet Doomsday' Awareness Malware Campaign
PC users infected with a strain of malware called DNS Changer will face their own personal Internet doomsday in July unless they disinfect their computers, the FBI warns.
Users have until July 9 to rid themselves of the DNS Changer malware, which can infect Windows PCs and Macs alike. After that, the FBI will throw a switch that prevents infected computers from accessing the Internet.
It’s not …
The Perils of Apocalyptic Thinking
Entangled with the myth of apocalypse, the debate about climate change has reached an impasse.
Flip through the cable channels for long enough, and you’ll inevitably find the apocalypse. On Discovery or National Geographic or History you’ll find shows like MegaDisasters, Doomsday Preppers, or The Last Days on Earth chronicling, in an hour of programming, dozens of ways the world might end: a gamma ray burst …
Clay Waller charged with murder
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Clay Waller is charged with murder and tampering with evidence.
Waller is charged with first degree murder and two counts of tampering with evidence in connection with his wife, Jacque Waller, according to Cape Girardeau County Prosecutor Morley Swingle.
Jacque Waller has been missing since June 1, 2011. Her body has not been found. She was 39 at the time of her disappearance. Jacque and Clay …
Iranian oil industry hit by cyber attack
Iran’s oil industry was the victim of a major cyber attack on Sunday, according to a report published in the Islamic Republic’s state-controlled media.
The Iranian Oil Ministry, the National Iranian Oil Company and a number of other companies associated with the Iranian government were targeted by a computer worm, Mehr news agency reported today.
A worm is a computer virus that is capable of self-replicating in …
Mac Flashback Malware Still Going Strong, Security Experts Say
Security experts looking at the Flashback malware that had infected hundreds of thousands of Apple Macs worldwide are trying to come to an agreement over how many of these systems are still compromised by the exploit.
Earlier this month, Internet security companies Kaskpersky Lab and Dr. Web, a smaller Russian firm that first reported on the extent of the Flashback infection, estimated that that the Flashback …
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The rising risk of computer viruses has technicians working to install anti-virus software and critical updates on thousands of computers on the ISU campus.
Early this fall, ISU’s computer system was infected by the Blaster worm that hit computers worldwide. While Blaster slowed e-mail, the Nachia virus infected the system and destroyed files. The affected files were responsible for enabling computers in the ISU network to …
Marathon advises inexperienced to sit this one out
By JIMMY GOLENAP Sports Writer
BOSTON (AP) – With temperatures expected to rise into the high 80s during Monday’s Boston Marathon, race organizers are advising inexperienced runners and those with medical conditions to sit this one out and warning those who do run to be extra careful with the heat.
“This is not a day for personal bests,” said Pierre d’Hemecourt, one of the race’s medical directors. …
Flashback Malware Continues to Plague Macs
Kaspersky and Symantec both reported dramatic declines in the number of Macs infected with the Flashback malware this past week. However, Dr. Web–the source that discovered the threat in the first place–claims the number of compromised systems is still going strong, and may even be growing.
Apple responded to the malware attack with a patched version of Java, and a subsequent update that removes the Flashback …
Week in Apple: Mac malware saga continues, Jobs interviews, and more
Is the Apple world still talking about malware threats on the Mac? Yes, yes it is. Our most popular Apple posts from the last week were almost entirely focused on old threats, new threats, ongoing threats, and beyond. There were a couple breaks, though, to talk about some recently discovered Steve Jobs interview tapes, 3D technology on …
Apple Bitten by iPollution Audit
An environmental audit by Apple and a Chinese environmental group will determine whether iPods cause serious iPollution.
At the end of this month, the Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs and the computer giant Apple will work with an auditing firm to assess the environmental damage caused by a factory which produces printed circuit boards for Apple.
“We think this is a very positive step made …
New report says Flashback malware infections remain elevated
Update: 2:05 PM P.T. New concerns emerged Friday about the spread of a malware epidemic that targets users of Apple’s
Mac OS X.
Last week, Symantec said the number of infections had dropped to 140,000. Another security researcher, Kaspersky Labs, also reported a sharp decline in the number of infected computers.
But a Russian security company named Dr. Web, which was the first to spot the fast-spreading …
Mobile malware incidents on rise, says smartphone survey
The cost-saving culture of ‘bring your own device’ smartphones is tempting enterprises into taking risks they would not contemplate for conventional computing devices, a survey by Goode Intelligence has suggested.
The Third mSecurity Survey (summary PDF) confirmed that Apple’s iPhone is currently the dominant device, present in 77 percent of in the surveyed businesses, ahead of BlackBerry on 70 percent and the rapidly rising Android on …
Cybercrime Game Theory: Why Apple's Malware Grace Period Ended Early
Sourcefire researcher Adam J. O’Donnell, who used game theory to predict when Macs would be hit with malware.
It was always just a matter of time until malware writers started targeting Macs. Until suddenly, time was up–much sooner than expected.
The Flashback Trojan that infected 700,000 Macs at its peak earlier this month represents a rude awakening for Apple users who long believed …
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In Terrorism Trial, Witness Testifies About Bomb-Making Process
“The ball bearings do the damage,” he said. “They go like bullets.”
That matter-of-fact description of bomb-making for beginners was offered by Najibullah Zazi on Wednesday during a federal terrorism trial, in which he gave a detailed explanation of the steps he said that he and two other men had taken to carry out suicide attacks on New …
Checking for the new SabPub malware in OS X
Recently the Flashback malware attacks on OS X gained headlines, not because of the presence of the Trojan, which had been around for some months prior to the increase in attention, but rather because it gained the possibility of installation in a drive-by-download attack that did not require any interaction from the user in order to install.
This development was made possible because of a vulnerability …
Checking for the new SabPab malware in OS X
Recently the Flashback malware attacks on OS X gained headlines, not because of the presence of the Trojan, which had been around for some months prior to the increase in attention, but rather because it gained the possibility of installation in a drive-by-download attack that did not require any interaction from the user in order to install.
This development was made possible because of a vulnerability …
