Flashback trojan reportedly controls half a million Macs and counting

[Chiefcrowe]

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...hnica/index+(Ars+Technica+-+Featured+Content)

 

[Lithium381]

that's silly, you can't get a virus if you're running a MAC

<goes to check his mac>

 

[Binky]

I'm sure the Apple legal team is already responding to silence this infestation. Of course, by infestation I mean ARS Technica for publishing the obviously false report.

 

[blankslate]

I'm sure the Apple legal team is already responding to silence this infestation. Of course, by infestation I mean ARS Technica for publishing the obviously false report.

taps meter... sometimes it gives ambiguous readings.

 

[Jodell88]

Can the blame be laid on Apple for delaying an update that came out two months ago?

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I think they are partly to blame, if the update was not released when it was available!!

 

[Chiefcrowe]

New Mac malware epidemic exploits weaknesses in Apple ecosystem

https://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/new-mac-malware-epidemic-exploits-weaknesses-in-apple-ecosystem/4726

 

[Chiefcrowe]

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...-infection-estimate.ars?clicked=related_right

 

[KeithP]

Didn't the security updates released this past week fix the problem?

-Keith

 

[Chiefcrowe]

yes i think so but probably not if you already got the trojan.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/...er-virus-indicates-mac-users-no-longer-safe/?

 

[KeithP]

Personally I wouldn't call that Trojan widespread, but hey, we know the underlieing agenda there.

FWIW, Apple has a removal tool coming.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...oval-software-working-to-take-down-botnet.ars

-KeithP

 

[blankslate]

If Apple was as pro-active about fixing the flaw as Oracle was when it updated their software about a month before Apple applied the fix then this talk of underlying agendas wouldn't even be necessary...