A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple’s computers. The tiny tool — it’s just a 38KB download — was created by Juan Leon, a software engineer at Garmin International, the Kansas-based company best known for its GPS devices. Ars Technica first reported…
Apple issues second Java update to deal with Flashback malware
Apple has issued a second security update aimed at Flashback, the Mac malware that has reportedly infected 600,000 computers since last year. As Intego notes, the Java for OS X 2012-002 update appears to be same as the one Apple issued earlier this week, but the latest update is aimed…
How Apple Is To Blame For The Flashback Malware Outbreak
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Flashback malware infects 2% of all Macs
Computerworld – Nearly 2% of the Macs whose owners have checked their computers have been infected with the Flashback malware, according to a Russian antivirus company. Of the 55,000 users who have used Dr. Web’s free tool to determine whether their Macs had been infected by Flashback, just over 1,000…
The scariest thing about the Flashback trojan: I have no idea how to fight it
For four years in college I worked in my school’s IT department. It was nice, my job, because honed my computer skills on a variety of fronts, teaching me the ups and downs of how to identify and fix all sorts of computer problems. Malware removal was at the forefront of these skills. Pretty…
Has Flashback malware made you consider installing antivirus on your Mac?
“Flashback is not a Trojan according to security firm Intego.” One thing that has struck me is this attempted deflection of how serious this is by the Apple fanboi community who are shrieking that this is not a virus. Who cares? The people infected with this don’t care. The “bad…
An Easy Way To Check Your Mac For The Flashback Malware
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Flashback the largest Mac malware threat yet, experts say
(Credit: Intego) Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’ve probably heard about Flashback, a piece of malware targeting users of Apple’s Mac OS X that’s now estimated to be quietly running on more than 600,000 machines around the world. That number, which came from Russian…
Kaspersky Confirms Widespread Mac Infections Via Flashback Trojan
Security firm Kaspersky Lab today weighed in on the Flashback Trojan controversy, confirming that the flaw likely infected more than half a million Macs. In a blog post, Kaspersky Lab expert Igor Soumenkov said the firm analyzed the latest variant of the botnet – dubbed Flashfake – to try and…
Apple Mac Flashback botnet now numbers over 600,000
Despite Apple releasing a patch for Java, the Flashback Trojan has infected 600,000 Macs, according to reports. As a result, there are 600,000 Macs being remotely controlled by the growing Mac botnet, according to Russian antivirus company Dr. Web. The majority of the botnet computers are located in the United States…