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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. […]

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Hundreds of Thousands of Macs Infected by Flashback Malware

05

Apr

2012

Since the latest variants of the Flashback malware have appeared, this malware has been very effective in infecting Macs. Exploiting a Java vulnerability, infections occurred, in many cases, with no user intervention. Russian security company Dr. Web, which analyzed server traffic to the Flashback command and control severs, estimates that more than 500,000 Macs are […]

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