Posts Tagged ‘mac users’

Facebook Hacked, Mobile Dev Watering Holes, and Mac Malware

Feb

2013

Friday, February 1st: Twitter announced it was hacked. The post (Keeping our users secure) by Bob Lord, Director of Information Security, was sparse on details but recommended disabling Java’s browser plugin. And according to Lord, the attackers “were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked.” Friday, February […]

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Fake Installer for Mac OS Charges Users via Their Mobile Account

Dec

2012

Reports are circulating that a fake installer for Mac OS has surfaced, proving that Mac OS is still fair game when it comes to web threats.Our friends from Dr. Web have uncovered a fake installer for Mac OS X. Detected as OSX_ARCHSMS.A, users may encounter this threat by downloading from websites peddling supposed legitimate software. […]

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New Java 0-day used in small number of attacks

Aug

2012

Over the weekend, information started appearing that there was a new Java zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2012-4681) being used in a small number of attacks. We have analyzed samples from the attack and can confirm that Websense customers using products that have our Advanced Classification Engine (ACE) have been protected against this zero-day attack by real-time analytics […]

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