Pin Itemailprint Macs are supposed to be nearly immune to attacks, right? That’s one of their big draws. Everyone knows that most malicious code is written for Windows-based machines. The key word there is ‘most’. Word is getting out about what two Symantec employees are dubbing the first malware written to specifically target Macs. The [...]
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Conficker Updates, Downloads Payload; Removal Tool Released
Posted by Chris Monty in April 10th 2009

The Conficker worm is stirring. Something is happening for sure, but no one is exactly sure what it is. In the first few minutes of April 1, it turns out Conflicker actually DID do something. It successfully called home for an update. The immediate result wasn’t instant doomsday. Instead, it got smart – the update [...]
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Symantec Conspiracy or a 4chan Hack?
Posted by Chris Monty in March 11th 2009

Something foul appears to be afoot. The problem is, we don’t know if it’s a problem with Symantec or a hacking problem. Apparently, someone sent out a message yesterday stating that they received a Norton Program Alert saying, “PIFTS is attempting to access the Internet.” Upon further investigation, it was revealed that the file in [...]


