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An estimated 38,000 users is still infected with the Flashback Trojan, the first malware targeting Mac users that didn't have to get their p...
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Première mise à jour majeure pour Mac OS X 10.5 depuis un an
La mise à jour proposée par Apple ne corrige pas des bugs dans Mac OS X 10.5, mais comprend l'outil de suppression du malware Flashback, ainsi que la désactivation des anciennes versions de Flash Player d'Adobe.
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Apple has now brought OS X 10.5 (Leopard) up to speed with Lion, at least when it comes to security. The company issued updates to Leopard users on Monday with Leopard-friendly copies of the Flashback removal tool that was released to Lion users last month, as well as the ability given to Lion users last week to disable out-of-date versions of Flash in Safari.
The updates come via the Flashback Removal Security Update and Leopard Security Update 2012-003, both posted to Apple's download site on Monday afternoon (also available via Software Update). Both downloads require OS X 10.5.8 in order to install.
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Depuis les aventures du malware Flashback sur Mac OS X, la sécurité des Mac est redevenue un sujet à sensations. Les éditeurs de solutions de sécurité s’en sont donnés à cœur joie, l’occasion leur étant fournie de mettre en pratique des ...
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Vous croyez toujours que votre Mac est sécurisé, car les PC Microsoft tombent sous les virus et les vers, mais pas les Macs ? Réveillez-vous ! Cette année a connu la première compromission majeure de Macs à travers le monde (*). Qu'en est-il du vôtre ?
Ainsi, utilisateurs de Mac, sachez que, d'une part mettre à jour en temps opportun, et d'autre part utiliser un logiciel anti-virus sont également bons pour votre Mac (et vos nerfs).
Gardez votre système d'exploitation à jour en utilisant le mécanisme de "Mise à jour de logiciels..." qui est accessible dans le menu "Apple". Utilisez les droits "administrateur" uniquement lorsque c'est nécessaire, sinon, conservez les droits "utilisateur" restreints.
Mais notez aussi qu'Apple peut encore s'améliorer: il leur a fallu des mois pour publier le correctif approprié - ce qui est long comparé au cycle mensuel de mise à jour de Microsoft.
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Flashback Malware Robs Google of $10,000/Day in Ad Revenue
The authors of MacOS malware 'Flashback' are reaping an estimated $10,000 a day by through an additional component, Symantec reports.
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Antivirus firm Symantec has published a new blog post examining how the Flashback malware affecting hundreds of thousand of Macs has been generating...
Flashback Malware's Ad-Click Hijacking Detailed, Could Reap $10,000/Day
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A pair of high-profile malware attacks have given Apple a crash course in security response.
===> A MUST READ for Apple users!!! <===
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Cyber criminals using same exploit to infect Windows and Mac OS machines with new malware...
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Apple a des leçons à prendre chez Microsoft en matière de sécurité, c'est le contast dressé par Eugene Kaspersky, le PDG de l'éditeur de logiciels spécialisés qui porte son nom.
===> Utilisateurs Mac, apprenez la sécurité informatique dès à présent ! <===
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Malware like Flashback, which has infected hundreds of thousands of Macs, could become commonplace as cyber attackers target Apple...
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A new, sneakier variant of the Flashback malware was uncovered yesterday by the French security firm Intego.
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Fresher students at University of Iowa lately were unable to access the other UI computers when the Flashback virus reportedly infected the campus network.
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Apple a corrigé les failles de Leopard....
Habituellement, Apple se contente de maintenir à jour les deux dernières versions de son système d'exploitation.
Cette mise à jour de Leopard est la première significative depuis la sortie de Mac OS X 10.7 Lion l'année dernière, ===> preuve qu'Apple prend la menace de Flashback très au sérieux. <===
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Are you still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?
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Chaque jour, selon Symantec, le cheval de Troie Flashback.k - dont sont victimes les Mac d'Apple – rapporterait 10 000 dollars à ses auteurs.
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Selon Symantec, les auteurs du malware Flashback ont pu gagner jusqu'à 10 000 $ par jour au plus fort de l'infection, qui a touché environ 1 % des Mac en circulation.
===> Un business lucratif qui explique pourquoi, sa popularité aidant, le Mac est lui aussi devenu une proie pour les hackers. <===
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Über Flashback dürften sich nicht nur die Besitzer befallener Rechner ärgern, sondern auch Google. Jeden Tag sollen dem Suchgiganten wegen des Trojaners bis zu 10'000 US-Dollar entgehen.
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Dr. Web's count of Macs actively infected with Flashback over time. The "A" marks Apple's release of its Flashback removal tool, and the "B" marks Dr. Web's discovery of another variant of Flashback that led to an increase in its infection count.
===> Flashback has been used for click fraud, as detailed by Symantec’s researchers. The malware redirected traffic from Google search ads to its own pay-per-click ads, generating as much as $10,000 a day. <===
Even with its command and control servers disabled, the infected machines continue to engage in that traffic-hijacking. And with nearly half a million users still infected, Flashback’s authors are still likely profiting from their scheme.
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With the recent glut of high profile Mac-based malware like MacDefender and Flashback, it’s easy to forget that Macintosh computers (and Mac malware) have been kicking around for more than thirty years – longer, even, than Windows malware.
In fact, the first documented Mac virus actually predated some of the first PC viruses by a good four years. While conventional wisdom has always assumed that Macs are inherently safer than PCs, wider adoption of Macs in recent years has given rise to new and more sophisticated threats, with many suggesting that Apple’s honeymoon with malware authors may be over.
As this slideshow of Mac Malware through the years shows, however, Apple machines are no strangers to malicious software.
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New details about the extent of the Mac-specific Flashback malware epidemic emerged today.
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Mac computers are not immune to viruses...
SECURITY VENDOR Sophos' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley warns that it's time for Apple users to take notice of the threats facing Mac OS X operating systems by securing their computers with antivirus software.
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Apple is a decade behind Microsoft in terms of Mac malware security, research firm Kaspersky has contentiously suggested, something it predicts the Cupertino firm will quickly realize in a fast-approaching storm of rogue software.
“I think they are ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security” company CEO Eugene Kaspersky told Computer Business Review at a security event this week, predicting a torrent of malware is incoming for OS X and that Apple will have to pull its boots up in order to handle it.
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The recent Flashback malware attack, which at its height infected more than 600,000 Macs- or more than 1 percent of all systems in use worldwide- not only was the largest such incident involving Apple systems, but also the latest in a string of...
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One in five Mac computers is likely to carry Windows malware, but only one in 36 is likely to be infected with malware specifically designed for the Mac OS X, according to study performed by antivirus firm Sophos.
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