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LulzSec’s last lulz: Malware for all those who downloaded hackers’ final plunder

By: |Jun 28th, 2011 at 12:30PM
Filed Under: Security
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The small group of hackers known as Lulz Security, or simply “LulzSec,” would never disband without one final round of fun. BGR reported on Monday that the group’s reign of terror was coming to an end after 50 lul-filled days. During that period of time, LulzSec released data stolen in a series of online breaches with targets ranging from Sony to the U.S. Government. In its coup de grĂ¢ce, LulzSec released a stash of stolen data from a variety of targets, including AT&T, Disney and the U...

Second iPhone virus found, again targets jailbroken iPhones

By: |Nov 12th, 2009 at 06:39PM
Filed Under: Apple, Handsets, iPhone OS / iPod OS
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Earlier this week, an Australian coder by the name of Ikee wrote an interesting iPhone worm targeting users with jailbroken iPhones — specifically those users who had not RTFM and changed their root password. The worm was programmed to scan the 3G IP ranges of the Telus, Optus, and Vodafone networks in Australia. Once a vulnerable iPhone was found, the exploit would change the wallpaper of said device to…Rick Astley. Respect. In an interview Ikee explains that his worm was designed as more of a wa...

“Sexy View” not so sexy; new S60 worm discovered

By: |Feb 20th, 2009 at 09:24AM
Filed Under: News, Nokia, Software, Symbian
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As deep as we are into S60 3rd Edition’s lifespan, malware was sure to rear its ugly head at some point. In fact, we are still pretty impressed that it’s taken as long as it has. While this newly-discovered worm is not the first instance of S60 malware, it certainly appears to be the most tenacious and dangerous. Dubbed “Sexy View” or SymbOS/Yxes.A!worm, the malware indeed contains a valid Symbian Signed certificate and runs the process “EConServer.exe”. It performs three k...

Apple pulls support page recommending Antivirus software

By: |Dec 3rd, 2008 at 10:54AM
Filed Under: Apple, Mac OS, Software
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After a wave of attention surrounding a post on Apple’s support pages over the past few days, Cupertino has decided to pull the page from its site. The post in question encouraged “the widespread use of multiple antivirus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing process more difficult.” As Apple’s OS X has yet to have any significant threats posed against it, the blogosphere questioned both the necessity and i...

Apple begins recommending Antivirus utilities to users

By: |Dec 1st, 2008 at 01:47PM
Filed Under: Apple, Mac OS, Software
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It looks like the care free days when Mac owners could sit back and relax without having to worry about malware are indeed coming to an end – maybe. Last month we told you about two new pieces of OS X malware that had been discovered and while neither poses a significant threat in most people’s eyes, it is clearly a sign of things to come. As loyal and vocal as Mac computer users are, until recently they hardly represented a significant portion of the market. As such, those responsible for creatin...