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Mac Trojan Disables XProtect Updates

19

Oct

2011

There’s something new brewing in Mac malware development (again). Recent analysis has revealed to us that Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.C disables the automatic updater component of XProtect, Apple’s built-in OS X anti-malware application. First, Flashback.C decrypts the paths of XProtectUpdater files that are hardcoded in its body: Flashback.C decrypts the path of the plist file of XProtectUpdater Flashback.C […]

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Google Search to Have Default Encryption

19

Oct

2011

Google is rolling out over the next week default encryption using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) on searches for users signing in with their accounts, the company said Tuesday. The move comes over a year after Google made SSL the default setting for Gmail, and also introduced an encrypted search service. (See also How to Make […]

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‘Government’ backdoor R2D2 Trojan discovered by Chaos Computer Club

09

Oct

2011

The famous Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has announced the discovery of a backdoor Trojan horse capable of spying on online activity and recording Skype internet calls which, it says, is used by the German police force. The malware – which has been variously dubbed “0zapftis”, “Bundestrojaner” or “R2D2” – is likely to kick up a […]

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