A new piece of malware is targeting Mac, Windows, and Linux users all at the same time, note security firms F-Secure and Sophos. The code pretends to be a needed add-on; in reality victims are opening up a Java Archive file, which then detects the platform a person is using before connecting to a remote server to […]
It has been  reported that a Trojan Horse (called “Flashback”) created specifically for the Mac has infected around 600K computers worldwide. Russian antivirus company Dr. Web issued a report on Wednesday noting that 550,000 computers running OS X had been infected by BackDoor.Flashback variants of the virus, as highlighted by ArsTechnica. Security firm Intego publicized the Flashback trojan last September. Some […]
