virus attack

Apple provided its response to the new attack started by hackers on Mac computers, the most pernicious types of computer virus infecting Cupertino machines.

Apple has issued a security advisory to customers warning them about a recent scam that infects Macs with malicious software that wrongly tells them their computer is infected with a virus. Hackers are targeting Mac machines to obtain credit card numbers and other valuable personal information.

Siemens is being accused by Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran's civilian defense, for helping the United States and Israel to launch a cyber attack on its nuclear facilities according to Kayhan daily report.

Jalali made a statement that German engineering company who provided Iran its control systems used to operate complicated factory machinery known as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) was partially responsible for that the Stuxnet was successful.

According to a study conducted by Ponemon Institute and commissioned by NetWitness a great part of the entities has been the target of the advanced threat which represents a methodology employed to evade an organizations present technical and process countermeasures which relies on a variety of attack techniques as opposed to one specific type.