Neowin News Feed for: Infection

30,000 Macs are at threat from mysterious malware

Usama Jawad — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:38:01 +0000

A new strain of macOS malware is raising some alarms in the security industry due to its highly sophisticated mechanisms of distribution, self-destruction, and the mysterious lack of a payload. Read more...

Researchers detect CowerSnail Linux virus during ongoing investigation

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:12:01 +0000

During an investigation into large scale attacks like WannaCry, the researchers found a new Linux virus that can be used to execute commands or mine crypto-currencies on an infected system. Read more...

O2 infects some of its business customers with 'Windows-specific virus'

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:22:01 +0000

An O2 marketing campaign that was giving away free USB sticks to business customers, went horribly wrong after it was confirmed that some of the sticks were infected with viruses. Read more...

Security experts create worm that infects Mac firmware and is nearly impossible to get rid of

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:26:01 +0000

Macs might seem like a safer alternative than PCs when it comes to digital attacks. But researchers have proven that's not actually the case when they created a firmware worm that infects Macs. Read more...

NHS website sent users to malware infected domain

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:58:28 +0000

The NHS website has been recently sending its users to a malware infected domain. This was due to an internal coding error that affected more than 800 NHS webpages, which are being currently fixed. Read more...

Kaspersky discovers new 'Gauss' virus, similar to Flame

Paul Ferson — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:36:05 +0000

Kaspersky has identified a virus they identify as 'Gauss', which has been found to be focused on disrupting Middle Eastern computer systems and banking. The virus' sinister origins are questioned. Read more...

Avast: Windows XP makes up 74% of rootkit infections

Denis Wong — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:36:54 +0000

A report from Avast Software, developers of the free avast! antivirus for Windows computers, shows that rootkit infections are highest on Windows XP, in stark contrast to Windows 7. Read more...

Windows 7's infection rates five times lower than Windows XP

Denis Wong — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:36:03 +0000

Windows 7's marketshare continues to grow at a steady pace at the expense of its two older siblings, Windows Vista and XP, according to the data from StatCounter. In terms of global usage, Windows XP... Read more...

Windows Media Player Update Fails Spyware Infection Test

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 18:00:33 +0000

Nearly two months after promising to update its media player software to block the threat of malware infection, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday admitted that users of its Windows Media Player 9 Series remain at risk.... Read more...

BBC in ironic virus infection

Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:52:01 +0000

The BBC fell victim to the latest variant of the ExploreZip worm, and a certain amount of hubris, last week. The worm infected some of its machines, a BBC spokesperson confirmed to us... Read more...

Yaha virus infection heats up

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:36:34 +0000

A new variant of the Yaha virus that appeared just before Christmas has proved contagious, infecting thousands of computers worldwide. The virus, dubbed W32/Yaha.M by MessageLabs, has seen its numbers explode with over 7,000 copies... Read more...