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New Mac virus skirts Gatekeeper, initiates creepy reverse-shell connection

New Mac virus skirts Gatekeeper, initiates creepy reverse-shell connection
  • Posted February 19, 2013, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Apple
  • A new trojan virus is targeting computers running Mac OS X and initiating an encrypted reverse-shell connection, allowing attackers potentially unfettered access to infected machines armed with basic, inbound-only firewalls. Security firm Intego appears to be the first to report…

First fake-installer Trojan for OS X spotted in the wild

First fake-installer Trojan for OS X spotted in the wild
  • Posted December 12, 2012, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in IT Security, Apple
  • Mac OS X users don't typically have to worry about malicious software, but with the platform’s popularity on the rise we’re starting to see more and more malware targeting Apple’s operating system. Just this week researchers at Russian anti-virus company…

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