Here's everything I've done tagged with Malware
It’s no secret I’m a devout Apple fanboy. I love my iOS devices and share unpopular reponses when asked about BlackBerry and Android alternatives. As the mobile madness wars continue to heat up, my question is—why is everything going crazy?
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It’s been no secret that Android has been a lucrative playground for all sorts of malware. Q1 this year saw 5,000 malicious apps target Google’s mobile OS, jumping to 20,000 for Q2. Estimates for the Year End total? 130,000. The Mayans said 2012 would be the end of the world—could this be the cause?
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Just when you thought malware was on the fence, McAfee reports it’s doing the exact opposite. As Q1 came to a close the results are in. Malware is exploding.
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Cyber criminals strike where it’s hot, and right now there’s nothing hotter than Instagram. The free photo-filtering & sharing app that over 30 million iOS users know and love has now found fame with Android users. It’s also found malware.
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We’ve all pocket-dialed someone at least once in our lives. Maybe been guilty of pocket-deleting an app or two. It’s no big deal, you just reinstall it. But what if it wasn’t you who deleted it? What if it was Google, Apple or Microsoft—using the “kill switch”?
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I was delighted to stumble upon an article this morning listing 4 signs “hacktivism” has gone mainstream. I’ve already dubbed 2012 as “the year of the hacker” so this couldn’t have come at a better time.
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…a team of goofy cartoon superheroes here to save RIM from disaster? Yes you read that right. In a bold new marketing strategy for BlackBerry, RIM unveiled The Bold Team. Can these four superheroes save the day for a company headed for disaster?
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Simply using a Mac or a smartphone doesn’t mean you’re safe from viruses anymore. Mobile malware and Mac threats are starting to show up more and more—and it’s just the beginning.
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Android has been making headlines a lot lately. Have you noticed? Some of the news has been good—Android phones were the top selling mobile devices last quarter. But you can’t have fame without some costs. In Android’s case the bad news is that it also tops the charts for mobile malware.
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Change seems to happen when you least expect it. No matter how hard you try to plan things out there’s always something that pops up out of left field and throws your world into chaos. You have to expect the unexpected—that’s life.
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New info shows Duqu installs itself by a zero-day exploit—an Windows kernel level hole. Where’s this hole? Microsoft doesn’t know. Patch Tuesday is coming up and many aren’t holding their breath to see a Duqu patch in the mix.
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The tide has turned on a Trojan which originally targeted Linux users. The Tsunami-A Trojan aims at OS X now. That’s right, for all of you naysayers who think Macs don’t get viruses, they do. It’s happening more and more. Viruses aren’t just for PCs—beware.
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