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Adobe Flash security update for Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and Solaris users

07

Jun

2011

It doesn’t matter if you run Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris or even Android.. if Adobe goes public about a security vulnerability in its Flash product, you better install the patch to protect against the problem.Adobe’s emergency patch was issued over the weekend to protect against a cross-site scripting vulnerability.Targeted attacks could use the vulnerability to […]

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Fake-Alert Scams Growing Again

13

May

2011

Fake-alert Trojans, also known as scareware, fool consumers by claiming imaginary threats, and insisting its victims purchase a product to repair the “infected” systems. They exist in Windows and Macintosh environments. In my recent report explaining this threat, I included a table showing the approximate number of scareware products with their known release dates: After […]

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More fakeAV for MAC. This time it’s massive

13

May

2011

When my colleague Fabio wrote about a Rogueware campaign targeting MAC users, I investigated a bit into the origin of these campaigns. It was interesting how different researchers were getting those samples through searching images on Google. However, different searches always arrive at the same result, leading to the question: How many search terms have […]

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