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Obfuscated IP addresses and Affiliate IDs in Mac FakeAV

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Jun

2011

The current wave of Mac OS X FakeAV infection follows a three-step process. To those familiar with Windows-based FakeAV, the pattern in this infection chain is quite familiar. Displays a “scanning page” from poisoned Google searches Prompts a download of a .ZIP which contains a .PKG installer. This installer installs a downloader. The downloader downloads […]

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MacDefender undergoes a name change, MacShield

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Jun

2011

The MacDefender malware has morphed again, now taking the guise of “MacShield.” As in the case of its oldest sibling MacDefender, the MacShield variant has taken the name of a legitimate Mac OSX software product with small distribution, doubtless causing the real developer significant heartache.The UI is essentially unchanged, but as usual all of […]

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Social engineers don’t care about your OS: and nor should you

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May

2011

Security companies in general and, unfortunately, anti-malware companies in particular, are often accused of ‘hyping’ threats because of a perceived self-interest. However, in the main, legitimate vendors and researchers like those at ESET typically try to resist overhyping or playing up threats where possible, in favor of more balanced discussion that can help customers take […]

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