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Apple responds yet again to latest variant Mac Defender malware

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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Yesterday we reported that it took the folks behind Mac Defender just a couple of hours to skirt around the security measures implemented in Apple’s latest OS X update. But because the latest security update is capable of updating itself manually with new malware or new malware variants, it took Apple less than 24 hours […]

New variant of Mac Defender circumvents latest OS X security update within hours

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

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Apple yesterday released a small security update for OS X Snow Leopard that addresses the Mac Defender malware that’s been making so many waves as of late. Particularly worrisome is that Mac Defender masquerades as an elegantly designed anti-malware program and that the latest variant no longer needs a user to type in their admin […]

Upcoming OS X update will address MacDefender malware

Thursday, May 26, 2011

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A few weeks ago we highlighted MacDefender, a new pice of malware that specifically targets OS X users. Using SEO, malicious links can be found via benign Google searches, and once a link is clicked, users are directed to a website where javascript automatically begins downloading a .zip file. While initial versions of the malware […]

MacDefender malware targets OS X users via Google searches

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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The security firm Intego yesterday released details about a new piece of malware that specifically targets OS X users. Called MacDefender, the malware automatically begins downloading to a user’s machine after they click on a malicious link. “When a user clicks a link after performing a search on a search engine such as Google,” Intego […]

Security firm Intego warns of Mac spyware on free-to-download screensavers

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Stories of malware and spyware hitting the Mac are few and far in between, but you might want to pay close attention to this one. The security firm Intego warned today that a number of free Mac apps and screensavers are encumbered with spyware. While the apps themselves aren’t corrupted, the spyware is downloaded to […]

Is there built-in Antivirus software in Snow Leopard?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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The Intego blog is reportingthat Snow Leopard appears to contain some sort of built-in antivirus protection. Check out the screenshot below which popped up when a user tried to open up a .dmg file infected with a DNS changer trojan horse. ZDNet speculates on the matter: It is not yet clear how Apple is handling […]