To strengthen the security of internet users, Google has managed to acquire VirusTotal which is an online malware and virus canner company. With this acquisition, you can feel safer with URL or site since it will mark the virus threated URl or site. You can read the company statement below:
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With the Trojan Flashback / Flashfake, the SecuTire, the Mac has been shaken in recent months. The malware exploited a flaw in the Java module Mac OS X that was not corrected by then Apple released a patch that Oracle had several weeks earlier. To avoid becoming dependent on the proper management of updates by the user, the Adobe publisher introduced a new system update in the latest version of Flash Player.
Indeed, the Flash Player installer now won’t asks for permission to install future updates automatically. In other words, the updates will then silently and transparently to the user. Obviously, Adobe keeps the method of updating current will then offer the new version to the user.
Although Apple has been mobilized to fight the spread of dangerous malware Flashback, releasing several software updates in order to eliminate from infected systems, the famous company Symantec, the leader in cyber security, detected late yesterday that over 100,000 machines are still plagued by malware that, therefore, has not yet been completely “eradicated.”
Despite this, the number of users affected by this malware is in sharp decline since the last software update released by Apple for the total removal of Flashback. If on Monday the number of infected Mac was about 142,000 units, yesterday’s share has dropped to more than 99,000 units, as reported by Symantec.
Fortunately, after a peak in recent weeks during which more than 600,000 users have faced the threat of Flashback, the spread of malware is greatly reduced, but still a considerable number of users is still infected with this malicious software.
For this reason, if you are a Mac user and have not yet installed the software updates that allow you to remove the threat posed by Flashback, be expeditious to do so, so the malware can not do any harm to any users of the Apple community.
Recently there is a new malware on Android device. It works by sending a text message containing instructions as well as a link to download the update. The malware in question, called UpdtBot, was discovered by NQ Mobile Security Research Center estimates that to date the infection of more than 160,000 devices, fortunately, only Chinese. There is still an infection of internal apps Playstore. Once UpdtBot was installed will be able to communicate and send commands to a server control (Command & Control) which will have priority on sending text messages, calls and downloading additional apps.
So you must always stay aleart when installing new app by looking at the review and source.
The quest is solved now thanks to a study on the user of mobile phone for business purpose. The study was conducted by Check Point over 768 well-known companies around the world including United States, Canada, Germany and Japan.
The study shows that iOS is the most used which cover about 30% follow very close by BlackBerry with29%. The third place is Android which has 21% and Windows Mobile or Windows Phone has 18%.
If we look at the cyber or malware attack rate, Android has as high as 43% meanwhile iOS with 36%. BlackBerry is better with 22%. However the study turns to put the concern over the knowledge of the phone user that they simply do something or press any button which allow the malware or cyber attack to play with their security.
Over the day and night, Apple has managed to bring more concern over security but releasing update for security software for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Lion. With this update, you will be able to protect against OSX/Revir which was recently mentioned as a malware in PDF form in Chinese language. This is another antivirus update software after the Mac Evil earlier this year.
No matter what operation system, you will never be able to get away from Trojan or malware. Thank to Mac Defender, we can manage to find a new malware. This new malware comes in the form of PDF which is currently written in Chinese. It launches an executable in the background and open access to the computer from the outside.
Protection? Of course it is the number one priority since it can hurt your business if a new OS doesn’t have an appropriate malware. As we have already seen each new version of Windows has done something to alleviate the problem of malware on the system and Windows 8 will be no different.
New developments and progress with regard to viruses and malware on the Android system, it comes a new variant of malware that appears to be very tricky time for our smartphones. CA Technologies is the source who has tracked and analyzed, stressing that the new Trojan is able to record the user’s voice and then save them in AMR format the SD card of your smartphone and then send in a silent to a remote server.
The publisher has launched the Intego’s VirusBarrier iOS application, a utility for detecting malicious software for mobile devices Apple. The editor states that if there is still no malware on the platform iOS, it can carry viruses or trojans via email or some files in the cloud. To Intego, iOS devices represent a new vector for the introduction of malware. VirusBarrier iOS therefore allows to analyze the e-mail attachments, other files they access on devices or iOS files stored in remote locations such as MobileMe, Dropbox, web servers or WebDav disks.
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