Is that Apple full of Worms?

Now this: Mac malware is now circulating across the Net via pirated copies of Apple’s new iWorks software.
The “iServices.a” Trojan hitchhikes on iWork ’09’s installer. The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer’s request of an administrator password.
Once the Mac is infected, [...]

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Worm’s biggest attack

The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least 1 out of every 16 PCs worldwide, a security company said Wednesday, and may have managed to compromise as many as nearly 1 in 3.
According to Panda Security, almost 6% of the Windows systems scanned with its antivirus technology were found [...]

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Worm’s next attack

The worm that’s infected millions of Windows PCs is a “very well-engineered” piece of malware. But researchers still have no clear idea what the hackers plan to do with the collection of computers they’ve compromised with “Downadup.”
Downadup, also called “Conficker,” has infected an estimated 6% of PCs worldwide . The worm spreads by exploiting [...]

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How to protect yourself from “Conflicker” Worm

Millions of Windows computers have been infected by a new computer worm dubbed “Conficker.” The situation is “not getting better,” but rather is “getting worse,” according to security software vendor F-Secure.
In a blog post, F-Secure security researchers report that the number of machines infected by the Downadup worm has skyrocketed from roughly 2.4 million to [...]

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Worm attack – Conflicker

Calling the scope of the attack “amazing,” security researchers at F-Secure Corp. Friday said that 6.5 million Windows PCs have been infected by the “Downadup” (or “Conficker”) worm in the last four days, and that nearly nine million have been compromised in just over two weeks.
Early Friday, the Finnish firm revised its estimate [...]

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