Apr 18, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
By Jared Newman, PCWorld Apparently not all Mac users got the memo about Flashback, the malware that recently infected more than 600,000 computers running OS X. According to security firm Symantec, roughly 140,000 Mac computers were still infected as of April 16....
Apr 17, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
By Christina Bonnington Mac users were once relatively insulated from malware attacks, if only because their OS platform didn’t attract the attention of criminals. But now a spike in security threats is making it clear that the bad guys are no longer ignoring...
Apr 16, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
by Pierre-Marc Bureau Senior Malware Researcher The biggest Mac botnet ever encountered, the OSX/Flashback botnet, is being hit hard. On April 12th, Apple released a third Java update since the Flashback malicious code outbreak. This update includes a new tool called...
Apr 16, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
By Jeff Gamet Mac users are facing a new malware threat called LuckyCat, fresh on the tail of Flashback. This new trojan targets a security flaw in Microsoft Word to spread its malware payload via Java exploits. Costin Raiu from Kaspersky Lab said in a SecureList blog...
Apr 16, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
By Ryan Faas While the number of Macs infected by the Flashback malware is seemingly in decline now, the security reverberations for Apple continue. The discovery of the botnet a couple of weeks ago — and Apple’s response — has prompted criticism by...
Apr 15, 2012 | Macintosh Viruses and Trojans
By Ed Bott In its ongoing battle to clean up the Flashback malware mess, Apple has now released a standalone removal tool. The downloadable utility is available exclusively for Mac owners running OS X Lion. It will not run on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or earlier...
