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Anyone who has been using computers for any length of time should (hopefully) be aware of the endless ritual of updating Adobe Flash against security vulnerabilities. Even if you don't run Flash on your computer, you've surely seen the many headlines in the tech media over the years of the importance of keeping Adobe Flash (and its Acrobat PDF Reader stablemate) updated to protect against malicious attack.
So, what better way to trick someone into having their computer infected than by disguising it as an actual Adobe Flash update?
That's precisely what criminals are doing now, in their attempts to infect Apple Mac users with scareware.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
Anyone who has been using computers for any length of time should (hopefully) be aware of the endless ritual of updating Adobe Flash against security vulnerabilities. Even if you don't run Flash on your computer, you've surely seen the many headlines in the tech media over the years of the importance of keeping Adobe Flash (and its Acrobat PDF Reader stablemate) updated to protect against malicious attack.
So, what better way to trick someone into having their computer infected than by disguising it as an actual Adobe Flash update?
That's precisely what criminals are doing now, in their attempts to infect Apple Mac users with scareware.
Learn more:
http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security