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More Mac Malware Exploiting Java

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Apr

2012

Reports of new Mac malware variants exploiting CVE-2012-0507 surfaced last week. The Java vulnerability is the same one used by Flashback to infect more than 600 thousand Macs. The first new threat was analyzed by the folks at Trend Micro. The Java applet for Mac actually exploits CVE-2012-0507, and if successful, the payload is the […]

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Malware Targeting Windows and MAC OSX

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Apr

2012

Malware is getting more and more sophisticated as the days goes by. Windows platform is the usual target for infection of malware authors but this time they add one more target platform, Mac OSX. Recently, another Tibetan-themed malware has been discovered which takes advantage of a patched Java Vulnerability (CVE-2011-3544). When a user unknowingly visits […]

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Mac OS X Threat Flashback is Back!

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Apr

2012

OSX/Imuler is not the only Mac OS X threat that has resurfaced this year. OSX/Flashback has been making its rounds again. As you can remember, OSX/Flashback has appeared last year and disguised as Adobe Flash Player Installer. The previous variants connects to remote host to download its component files and installing backdoor that injects to […]

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