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Flashback trojan brings up Apple Macintosh vulnerabilities

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13 Apr
2012
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Remember those funny Apple ads that said Macs don’t suffer from viruses and other malware, like your lousy, uncool PC?

Well, this week, in the biggest security threat yet to Apple’s computers, some 600,000 Macs were said to be affected by the Flashback trojan, which could steal passwords and other personal information from unsuspecting users.

The good news is that the malicious software is now “trending downward”, according to an advisory put out today by security firm Symantec, but it estimates that as many as 270,000 machines are still infected with it.

 
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