Malware
Now, a new report suggests that the malware was more advanced than previously thought.
Criminals have found a flaw in the OS X and they're using it to hack into more than 17,000 infected Macs worldwide. Malware experts do not see any attack just yet, believing that hackers are still building their network at this stage.
Since the late summer, we've known that the FBI had an elite hacker squad to develop surveillance on terrorism and organized crime suspects using malware. Now new details are emerging about the capabilities of that malware, and it reportedly includes using a suspect's laptop camera to spy on them.
Microsoft and partnered law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Europe announced on Thursday that it had disrupted the botnet responsible for millions of dollars in search ad fraud. The malicious software net, called "ZeroAccess," may be down for the count, but it's not dead yet.
Making the Windows 8.1 update has proven to be a good move for Microsoft. And, with the exception of gamers too impatient to wait for an update to fix a compatibility issue, upgrading to Windows 8.1 has proven to be a good move for Windows users.
It's not too hard to slip a bug into Apples iOS walled garden, according to researchers at Georgia Tech, who managed to slip a malicious app into the Apple App Store undetected. The research team's success now calls into question Apple's undisclosed app vetting system.
Attacks by hackers have breached Apple Inc. using malware specifically designed for Mac computers.
