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The first Trojan in history to steal Linux and Mac OS X passwords

Aug

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is reporting the emergence of the first cross-platform backdoor to run under Linux and Mac OS X. This malicious program is designed to steal passwords stored by a number of popular Internet applications. BackDoor.Wirenet.1 is the first such Trojan capable of running under any of these operating systems. It’s not […]

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Fake Windows Media Player uses a variety of ad services to milk Android users – The G Data SecurityLabs discovered a new set of cheating apps with tricky ad strategies in Google Play, as a successor of the fake VLC player app

Apr

2012

The original Windows Media Player is one of the most popular media applications worldwide. It runs on Windows computers, Windows phones and, as a plug-in, under Mac OS X. Unfortunately, the Android platform is not yet supported and this is the point of attack used by intruders. They publish an app, which disguises as Windows […]

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AVG Web Threat weekly update: US.gov site serving rogues, Flash updates and exploits

Mar

2012

AVG analysts spotted a script-injection hack on web site of the District of Columbia, USA. The malicious change to the Web page takes visitors to a variety of malicious downloads. The USA capital Washington is in the District of Columbia. The intruders put script on the page that lists the D.C. “Directory of Agencies and […]

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Posts Tagged ‘intruders’

The first Trojan in history to steal Linux and Mac OS X passwords

Fake Windows Media Player uses a variety of ad services to milk Android users – The G Data SecurityLabs discovered a new set of cheating apps with tricky ad strategies in Google Play, as a successor of the fake VLC player app

AVG Web Threat weekly update: US.gov site serving rogues, Flash updates and exploits

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