Just after Apple fixed the Java hole that let flashback into your system, it seems there is a new kid on the block who could be worse than flashback
:source: Source: mashable.com
It seems this little nasty is spread through Microsoft Word document's, could the time of Mac's requiring anti virus and malware removal tools be upon us?
:source: Source: sophos.com
Fresh off the news that more than 650,000 Mac computers have been infected with a nasty Trojan horse virus called “Flashback,” another Apple threat is on the prowl.
According to anti-virus software provider Kaspersky Lab, a Trojan called SabPub — or more formally, Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a — has recently been spreading via Java and could be infecting computers when people open email messages with suspicious links that direct users to malware.
“The Flashback and the SabPub Trojans are totally different,” Alex Gostev, chief security expert of Kaspersky Lab, told Mashable. “SabPub is classic backdoor Trojan, so it opens full access to a victim’s system for attackers. Flashback and its known variants is downloader and clickjacking bot, which means it conducts click fraud scam by hijacking people’s search engine results inside their web browsers.”
:source: Source: mashable.com
It seems this little nasty is spread through Microsoft Word document's, could the time of Mac's requiring anti virus and malware removal tools be upon us?
A new version of the Mac OS X Sabpab Trojan horse has come to light, and rather than relying upon a Java vulnerability - it appears to be exploiting malformed Word documents instead.
If you open the boobytrapped Word document on a vulnerable Mac, a version of the OSX/Sabpab Trojan horse gets installed on your computer opening a backdoor for remote hackers to steal information or install further code.
As a decoy, a Word document is dumped onto your drive and displayed - effectively acting as a camouflage for the Trojan's true intentio
:source: Source: sophos.com
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