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More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 8 00:17:23 2012 BBC News
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 8 00:30:30 2012, in response to More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 8 00:17:23 2012. Apple has always had SERIOUS problems with security updates. They either don't do them at all, or they wait. Those running Leopard or earlier have been as abandoned as many Android users. Those running Snow Leopard and Lion are at least getting some security updates though long after the damage is done.Curiously, a lot of Mac users are now installing Linux, Windows and even our KNOS (which can be configured to look just like OSX) ... and just so folks are aware, the latest trojans don't even bother to put up the "password" warning any longer. They've even bypassed that. Several in the last couple of weeks have ONLY been "caught" (sorta) because an app called "little snitch" fired off after the trojan landed and started sending out banking information. The AV's haven't been doing too well either. :( That's why F-Secure had to give manual instructions to Mac users to fish through their terminal by hand as though they were configuring a Linux machine. I've had to fix several of them lately. :( |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 8 00:31:58 2012, in response to Re: More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 8 00:30:30 2012. And oh yeah ... that "java update" that Apple just put out? It's three versions behind. It's getting exploited too. :( |
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Posted by SLRT on Sun Apr 8 10:46:44 2012, in response to More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 8 00:17:23 2012. But ... but ... all those Mac owners who tell me how these things aren't a problem with Macs. |
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"Sneakier" version out (More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Apr 24 20:07:58 2012, in response to More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 8 00:17:23 2012. ComputerWorld
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Re: ''Sneakier'' version out (More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Apr 24 21:35:18 2012, in response to "Sneakier" version out (More than half a million Macs hit with Flashback Trojan), posted by Olog-hai on Tue Apr 24 20:07:58 2012. The number of abandoned Mac owners is about 28% ... been following this story. If your Mac is three years old or older, you're SOL because those old machines can't be upgraded to the newer OS versions because of their shitty hardware.We've got that problem here including a $13,000 uber-Mac. Solution? They're all running KNOS now. KNOS works just fine on Intel Macs. And unlike Apple, we support our OS. :) |
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