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Posts Tagged ‘ mac os x ’

Hacker writes easy-to-use Mac Trojan

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February 25, 2011

IDG News Service – In a sign that hackers, like everyone else, are taking an interest in everything Apple, researchers at Sophos say they’ve spotted a new Trojan horse program written for the Mac. It’s called the BlackHole RAT (the RAT part is for “remote access Trojan”) and it’s pretty easy to find online...
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Nefarious Mac OS X trojan spotted in the wild

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October 28, 2010

SecureMac has positively identified a nefarious trojan horse that affects Mac OS X – including Snow Leopard (10.6) – the latest version of the popular operating system. The malignant malware, disguised as a video link, is quickly spreading by luring unsuspecting victims via e-mail and on social networking sites such as Facebook. “When a...
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Apple fixes big security bugs in Mac OS X

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August 24, 2010

Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software. The update, released early Tuesday afternoon, Pacific time, fixes 13 bugs in various OS X components, including core components such as Apple Type Services and CFNetwork. It’s Apple’s fifth OS X...
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