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Two new Mac malware concerns: Tsunami and DevilRobber
As reported yesterday by Computerworld, there are two malware threats for OS X to concern yourself with (temporarily). The first, Tsunami, isn’t much of a threat yet. The other, DevilRobber, may be slowing your Mac down as we speak. Here’s more info on each of them. Tsunami Basically a ported…
New Tsunami Trojan discovered for Mac OS
Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the Tsunami Trojan targeting Mac OS, which can be used to turn your Mac into a ‘bot’ that participates in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. Security firm ESET said that the variant is similar to the threat discovered earlier this week but played…
‘Tsunami’ trojan malware bot ported to OS X
Another day, another Trojan. The malware bot called “Tsunami” that has been developed for Linux systems since around 2002 has been found on OS X. The malware (OSX/Tsunami.A) is a minimal threat, and as with other Trojans and backdoors for OS X requires you to manually and purposefully install it….
Mac OSX users hit with ‘Tsunami’ backdoor trojan
Users of computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X were warned Wednesday against a new malware that can embed itself in a system and await further instructions. Sophos said the malware, which it dubbed OSX/Tsunami-A, appears to have its roots in Troj/Kaiten, a malware targeting the Linux operating system. “Typically…