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OSX.Flashback.K – The motivation behind the malware – $$$

30

Apr

2012

We've been busy in the labs reverse engineering the various components of OSX.Flashback.K to determine the true motivation behind the malware. Let's take a look at this Mac Trojan in more detail. The Infection It's now well-known that the latest OSX.Flashback.K variant was being distributed using the Oracle Java SE Remote Java Runtime Environment Code […]

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Both Mac and Windows are Targeted at Once

24

Apr

2012

Symantec Security Response, along with some other security vendors, reported the discovery of the OSX.Flashback malware recently patched by Apple. Many people may be surprised to learn the infection volume is reported at over 600,000 computers. On a new front, we have recently identified new Java Applet malware, which uses the Oracle Java SE Remote […]

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Flashback Cleanup Still Underway-Approximately 140,000 Infections

18

Apr

2012

Today’s blog is a quick follow up to the OSX.Flashback.K issue. The statistics from our sinkhole are showing declining numbers on a daily basis. However, we had originally believed that we would have seen a greater decline in infections at this point in time, but this has proven not to be the case. Currently, it […]

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