An IE zero-day has been linked to more malware attacks as well as a well-known exploit kit. – More malware has been seen targeting a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer that has already made its way into a popular crimeware toolkit.
The bug, which was discovered by Symantec, was linked last week to a backdoor Trojan known as Pirpi. However, researchers at FireEye have noted a Trojan named…
Apple quietly updated a security feature added to Mac OS X last year to protect against a backdoor Trojan known as HellRTS. – Apple has quietly slipped an update to the anti-malware security protections in its Mac OS X operating system.
Earlier this week, Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.4 -
the latest edition of Snow Leopard – with fixes for more than two dozen
security holes. In that release, Apple added a malware signatu…
A Trojan hidden within software for the Energizer Duo USB battery charger may have been around since May 2007, according to Symantec. The software, which affects Windows machines, has been taken off the market by Energizer. Fortunately, the Trojan can be fought with a few easy fixes.
– The backdoor Trojan bundled with software
for the Energizer Duo USB battery charger may have been active for nearly
three years, security researchers have found.
According to Symantec’s
analysis, there is evidence that the Trojan dates back to May 10, 2007.
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