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10 Simple Tips for Boosting The Security Of Your Mac

09

Apr

2012

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. Until recently, Mac OS X malware was a somehow limited category and included trojans such as the Mac OS X version of DNSChanger and […]

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Mac OSX Flashback Confusion and Hype

07

Apr

2012

We, like most in the security community, have been following the latest developments with the Mac OS X Flashback Trojan and it’s exploitation of the recently patched Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507). This story has a lot of interesting twists and turns: The Flashback Trojan is a relatively new Trojan family, appearing on the scene late last summer/early September […]

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OSX.Flashback Rises on Java Vulnerability

07

Apr

2012

Recent media reports about the OSX.Flashback malware have put the size of the botnet at over 600,000. The botnet is believed to have reached this size by using vulnerabilities such as the Oracle Java SE Remote Java Runtime Environment Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507, BID 51261) to spread the malware through exploit kits like Blackhole. […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

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