Mere days after Apple Inc. posted a fix for a fake anti-malware program affecting its Mac computers, a new and potentially meaner variant of the program has started making the rounds.
June 6th, 2011
Is Apple Ready to Play Cat and Mouse With Malware Developers?
No Comments, Internet News, by Albel.The Security Update 2011-003 that Apple released on Tuesday directly addressed the Mac Defender malware threat in two ways: It changed the way malware files are detected by enabling automatic daily updates, and it included code to remove at least two of its variants.
Mere days after Apple Inc. posted a fix for a fake anti-malware program affecting its Mac computers, a new and potentially meaner variant of the program has started making the rounds.
Similar to the RogueAV malware on PCs that falsely informs end-users that their computers are infected with all manner of nasties, MacDefender claims to be security software that is instead attempting to extort a payment from you to clear the fake infections and to stop a slew of filthy porn pop-ups polluting the screens of ‘infected Mac users.
June 3rd, 2011
Hackers already bypass Apple’s malware defenses
No Comments, Internet News, by Albel.While it took nearly a month for Apple Inc. to release a security update against the MacDefender malware, the malware’s authors needed mere hours to turn the tables.