The Javascript framework Crossrider uses a unified application programming interface (API) for the three major browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The API was originally intended to help developers produce code which will run on different browsers and, by operation, differing operating systems. The Crossrider framework is still in beta form and [...]
Tag Archives | Malware
Web tools are the antidote to malware
You just don’t know when malware will strike. Oftentimes, the most devastating are the ones that catch you unprepared. These nasty bugs corrupt files, kill network access, or totally cripple your operating system. They not only get in the way of your computer’s operations but often sets up hurdles so you cannot fix the problem. [...]
First Gingerbread Android Malware Detected
Researchers have stumbled upon the first malware to attack Google’s Android v2.3, also known as Gingerbread. Last Thursday, a team headed by Xuxian Jiang, an assistant computer science professor from the North Carolina State University, and the Beijing-headquartered NetQin Mobile Security were able to identify a high risk malware that can completely compromise or root [...]
Protecting Your Computer From Online Threats and Networks
The dangers posed by computer security threats cannot be underestimated. Every year, companies and individuals suffer losses in terms of direct money loss, time loss, productivity wasted and technical headaches and hassles that could cost several hundred million dollars. Network threats carry a lot of damage and every responsible computer user, whether or not they [...]
More Malware Infest Google’s Android Store
When you think that your smartphone is safe from malware, it doesn’t help Google’s reputation to have them infesting its application store. Researchers from Lookout Security have discovered malicious Android apps on Google’s official download site that is being spread through its Chinese app stores. Just last Friday, the San Francisco-based mobile security firm found [...]
The Apple Snow Leopard in Hibernation
The Snow Leopard is the much vaunted Apple malware blocker. However, just half a year since its release, the software seems to have retreated into sleep mode, even with the increasing threat to Mac OS computers. Stagnant releases So far, the XProtect.plist has not updated its malware database with the expected signature updates. Its last [...]
Malicious Code Gumblar Attacks Again
Just recently, thousands of sites were hacked by Gumblar, a malicious code that infects computers through legit but unsecured websites. Although a majority of these hacked websites are small-time sites from foreign countries, Gumblar does a clever trick into pushing traffic into the infected domains to launch the attack. How Gumblar works According to researchers, [...]