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More Mac Malware Exploiting Java

17

Apr

2012

Reports of new Mac malware variants exploiting CVE-2012-0507 surfaced last week. The Java vulnerability is the same one used by Flashback to infect more than 600 thousand Macs. The first new threat was analyzed by the folks at Trend Micro. The Java applet for Mac actually exploits CVE-2012-0507, and if successful, the payload is the […]

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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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Old Microsoft Office for Mac vulnerability actively used to install malware

02

Apr

2012

Not surprisingly, more than two and a half years after a critical patch has been delivered, we see customers that didn’t update. And if we can see them, then also the bad guys see them as well. Even worse, we see such an issue affecting MacOS users who usually are not used to think to […]

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