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Android rises to top — in malware threats: survey
The Android operating system accounted for 79 percent of all malware infections on smartphones, and the threat is multiplying, a security firm said Thursday. Finland-based F-Secure said in a report that the free Google operating system, which has been gaining smartphone market share globally, has become the dominant platform targeted…
‘Red October’ malware found snooping on Russian state networks
'Red October' malware found snooping on Russian state networks When computer security experts recently discovered the hugely sophisticated and obviously state-sponsored cyberspy worms Stuxnet and Flame, many wondered out loud whether organized criminals might soon get their hands on similar malware tools that can siphon almost any sensitive information from…
How Flame virus has changed everything for online security firms
Here’s a question: if you connect an unprotected Windows computer to the internet, how long will it take before it is infected by malicious software? The answer is: much more quickly than most lay users think. In 2003, the average time was 40 minutes. A year later it was 20…
Cyber crooks cranking out new weapons, experts warn
Cyber criminals are cranking out new weapons at a brisk pace, tailoring malicious software for a spectrum of gadgets including smartphones, tablets, and Macintosh computers, a security firm said. A “threats report” released late Monday by McAfee showed that the number of new pieces of malicious code, or “malware,” targeting…
Apple fights hundreds of thousands of virus-controlled Macs
Computer giant Apple released a patch this week for its OS X 2012 and 10.6 operating systems about the same time a Russian security company claimed that up to 600,000 Mac computers around the world are being controlled by a piece of malware that sucks targeted computers into a “botnet,”…
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