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SecureMac released MacScan 2.9.3, which features tracking cookie detection and cleaning for Google’s Chrome browser. MacScan is the premier Macintosh security program, protecting you against the latest malware and privacy threats for Apple Mac OS X, offering protection against keystroke loggers, trojan horses, and other spyware. Read more...
Depuis les aventures du malware Flashback sur Mac OS X, la sécurité des Mac est redevenue un sujet à sensations. Les éditeurs de solutions de sécurité s’en sont donnés à cĹ“ur joie, l’occasion leur étant fournie de mettre en pratique des ... Lire plus...
Because Mac laptops' market share has grown so much, it appears Macs are being targeted more. I hope the very legitimate sense of security Mac users have long had isn’t turning into a false sense of security. “For years, Mac users have been able to believe that they are safer than the average computer user and turned their noses up at antivirus software. But as Apple’s market share has grown, so has the threat to Mac users’ security,” the Washington Post reports. Specifically, the Post was referring to a virus called “Flashback” that may have infected “up to 600,000 Macs … mostly in the United States and Canada” which seem now to be part of growing bonnet.” A botnet is a network of “bots” (also called “zombie networks”) that are basically compromised computers – infected computers that are obviously no longer controlled entirely by their owners. Flashback “should be a wake-up call to those who still think that their Mac is invulnerable to attacks like this,” the Posts added. The security advice offered in the article sounds a whole lot like what PC owners have been told for very a long time: Read more...
Apple has delivered - or so it says - on its promise to provide a Flashback malware removal tool, wrapped in another Java update.
Kaspersky Lab -- which is offering the free tool -- counted up to 670,000 infected OS X machines in the botnet last week; today has seen just 227,493 so far, up from 208,301 yesterday. Over the weekend, Kaspersky saw a major dip in the number of active infected Macs, from a head count on Friday, April 6, of 650,748, to 248,723 on Saturday, and then 237,103 on Sunday.
Ein Entwickler hat ein kleines Tool für Mac-Rechner entwickelt, mit dem schnell überprüft werden kann, ob der Rechner vom gefährlichen Flashback-Trojaner befallen ist. Auch Kaspersky hat ein solches Tool mittlerweile veröffentlicht.
WHAT IS FLASHBACK/FLASHFAKE? It is a family of malware for Mac OS X. The first versions of this type of threat were detected in September 2011. In March 2012 over 600 000 computers worldwide were infected by Flashback. The infected computers have been combined in a botnet which enables cybercriminals to install additional malicious modules on them at will. Check for FREE online (Kaspersky) if your Mac is infected and learn HowTo... Also users can check if they’re infected with Flashfake by using Kaspersky Lab’s free removal tool http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/flashfake_removal_tool.zip
My work Mac (Photo credit: randomduck) Following my piece the other day on how an estimated 600,000 Macs are infected with the Flashback Trojan, I've been getting a lot of questions and queries about how to tell if a system is infected witht his malware,... Read more...
Tips for how to find out if you're infected with the Mac Flash trojan and what to do about it.
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Première mise à jour majeure pour Mac OS X 10.5 depuis un an La mise à jour proposée par Apple ne corrige pas des bugs dans Mac OS X 10.5, mais comprend l'outil de suppression du malware Flashback, ainsi que la désactivation des anciennes versions de Flash Player d'Adobe. Lire plus...
Mac computers are not immune to viruses... SECURITY VENDOR Sophos' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley warns that it's time for Apple users to take notice of the threats facing Mac OS X operating systems by securing their computers with antivirus software. Source: The Inquirer (http://s.tt/1abnN) Read more and watch the video...
Apple has released a fresh Java update, designed to remove the Flashback Trojan malware that exposed Macs to a botnet.
Rund 800 Schweizer Mac-Rechner sind gemäss Switch mit dem Flashback-Trojaner verseucht. ==> Deren Besitzer werden nun via Internetprovider informiert. <=== Gust MEES: so sollte es überall auf der Welt sein! Kunden sollten informiert werden!
Apple a indiqué discrètement qu’il mettra bientôt à la disposition des utilisateurs Mac un outil de détection ...
After intercepting one of the domain names used by the Flashback/Flashfake Mac Trojan and setting up a special sinkhole server last Friday, we managed to gather stats on the scale and geographic distribution of the related botnet.
At the moment, there are more than 100 million Mac OS X users around the world. The number has grown switfly during the past years we expect this growth to continue.
Via Gust MEES
The Mac Flashback trojan is certainly making headlines, and it could even be making the rounds on your own computer. There are ways to check if you have it, though, and we have a few other tips for protecting yourself.
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