Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 was developed in 1998 and more than a decade later, many malware created in Visual Basic are still running rampant. One of those is W32.Changeup, a polymorphic worm that comprises 25 percent of all malware written in Visual Basic.
When it comes to targeting the sexes, generally malware has targeted men by enticing them to view videos or pictures of sexual content—Android malware is no different.
As we are all aware, Adobe released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 11.3.300.270 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux.
Windows 8 is meeting mixed reviews, to put it mildly -- just ask InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard or J. Peter Bruzzese. Most of the negative reviews I've read talk about the frustrations of Metro on the desktop and the lack of a Start button.
Thanks to Santiago Cortes for his assistance with this research.
Some samples exploiting the Adobe Flash Player CVE-2012-1535 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability through malicious Word documents have been captured. These samples were observed on Adobe Flash Player 11 Active X, version 11.0.1.152.