Dr.Web | DataProtectionCenter.com

Hundreds of Thousands of Macs Infected by Flashback Malware

05

Apr

2012

Since the latest variants of the Flashback malware have appeared, this malware has been very effective in infecting Macs. Exploiting a Java vulnerability, infections occurred, in many cases, with no user intervention. Russian security company Dr. Web, which analyzed server traffic to the Flashback command and control severs, estimates that more than 500,000 Macs are […]

Category General Written by Intego 0 Comments

Flooders take down Counter-Strike and Half-Life servers

27

Mar

2012

Doctor Web-the Russian developer of IT security software-is notifying users of a wave of flooder applications designed to render Counter-Strike and Half-Life game servers, as well as other GoldSource servers, non-operational. Some of these malignant programs may also do harm to the criminals who use them.Competition among owners of game servers is traditionally high, especially, […]

Category General Written by Virus alerts 0 Comments

Trjoan horse for Mac OS X exploits Russian model images

11

Mar

2012

Doctor Web has discovered a new scheme to spread malicious software for devices running Mac OS X. Trojan.Muxler (OSX/Revir) authors are behind the malignant design. To lure users attackers use pictures of the popular Russian model Irina Shayk. The malicious code is placed into a ZIP-archive containing various photos, including Irina Shayk’s pictures. Archive samples […]

Category General Written by Virus alerts 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘Dr.Web’

Hundreds of Thousands of Macs Infected by Flashback Malware

Flooders take down Counter-Strike and Half-Life servers

Trjoan horse for Mac OS X exploits Russian model images

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us