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A Walkthrough of a FAKEAV Infection in Mac OS X

09

Jun

2011

For some years now, FAKEAV has been a plague in Windows systems. It’s only recently that this variant has entered the Mac OS X scene. As was the case with Windows-based FAKEAV, the most common infection vector for Mac FAKEAV is through poisoned search terms.Take for example the following poisoned search result:Accessing the website while […]

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Oracle Java 6 update 26 available now

08

Jun

2011

A little over three months since the last update to Java, Oracle has released Java 6 update 26 for Windows, Linux and Solaris. This update addresses 17 security vulnerabilities and one non-security-related bug. All 17 vulnerabilities allow remote code execution without authentication. Oracle has rated nine of the flaws as a risk of ten out […]

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More Mac malware – top tips for avoiding infection

07

Jun

2011

More Mac scareware appeared overnight, with the cybercrooks following the same sort of strategy which has worked so well on Windows: regularly change the look and feel of the fake anti-virus software; use legitimate-sounding brand names (or steal genuine product names); stick to a price-point between $50 and $100; keep the fear factor high; but […]

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