Tag: virus

Apple chip fabricator TSMC says a number of fab tools infected by computer virus

Saturday, August 4, 2018 10:17 am22 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd, the world’s largest contract chipmaker…

Malicious virus shuttered U.S. power plant, says Department of Homeland Security

Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:25 am32 Comments

A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company…

Apple malware: 6 years of crying wolf

Friday, May 6, 2011 2:31 pmFriday, May 6, 2011108 Comments

A collection of dire warnings from the past puts this week’s alarms into perspective…

Is Mac under a virus attack? No.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 1:15 pmWednesday, May 4, 201120 Comments

No Mac OS X virus has ever been detected in the wild, but there are other kinds of Mac malware…

Google flips Android kill switch; remotely wipes rogue apps from settlers’ phones

Monday, March 7, 2011 9:24 amMonday, March 7, 201130 Comments

Google remotely wiped a number of malicious Android apps from…

Virus-laden apps infest Google’s ‘open’ Android platform; iPhone unaffected

Thursday, March 3, 2011 12:21 pmThursday, March 3, 201136 Comments

More than 50 applications available via the official Android Marketplace…