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Apple releases update to protect against MacDefender

01
Jun
2011

Apple has released security update 2011-003 to address the recent increase in malware targeting Mac OS X. It updates the included XProtect program to detect scareware variants we have seen attacking Mac users, including MacDefender, Mac Guard and Mac Security. It seems to still have the restriction of only working through the LSQuarantine library. Once […]

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Mac Malware Monsoon in May

27
May
2011

Here’s a quick update on the Mac OS X malware landscape, a rather hot topic this month. May started off with the announcement of the DIY malware kit Weyland-Yutani BOT. This news was shortly thereafter dwarfed by numerous reports of fake (a.k.a. rogue) security software for the Mac; names include Mac Defender, Mac Protector, Mac […]

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