New Malware Threatens Mac Users

Trend Micro Advanced Threats Researcher Ivan Macalintal reports of a new malware affecting Mac OS. Detected as OSX_LAMZEV.A, this malicious file could allow hackers to take control of an infected system. Mac users may be infected when they access remote websites hosting this backdoor. The backdoor may also be disguised as a legitimate application [...]

Adobe AIR hits ‘critical’ security turbulence

Buried in today’s flurry of feel-good Adobe news is this less flattering nugget:  Adobe AIR is vulnerable to several critical vulnerabilities that could expose users to code execution attacks. The company released AIR 1.5 with fixes for previously discussed flaws in Flash Player (which is embedded into AIR) and a patch for a separate [...]

Anti fraud site hit by a DDoS attack

The popular British anti-fraud site Bobbear.co.uk is currently under a DDoS attack (distributed denial of service attack) , originally launched last Wednesday, and is continuing to hit the site with 3/4 million hits daily from hundreds of thousands of malware infected hosts mostly based in Asia and Eastern Europe, according to the site’s owner. [...]