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A quarterly threat report found password-stealing Trojans on the rise...

 

PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday.

 

The security company registered the biggest increase in malware in four years during the first quarter of this year, bringing the total number of samples to 83 million. Fake antivirus programs declined in popularity, but software with faked security signatures, rootkits and password-stealing Trojans rose.

 

===> New malware for the Mac exploded in the second quarter of 2011 <===

 

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The Flashback malware threat for OS X is on a steep decline, but still underscores that Mac systems are not immune to threats. Read this blog post by Topher Kessler on MacFixIt.

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A week after the Flashback Trojan began running rampant on Macintosh computers, the malware appears to be in remission.

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Apple has released OS X Lion 10.7.4.The update includes performance improvements as well as a bunch of fixes, including the FileVault bug that was re...

 

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A new Trojan known as “Sabpab” could hurt Mac users who run Java and Microsoft Word. Security researchers are warning users to make sure their computers

 

===> have the latest software updates from both Apple and Microsoft, <=== and to use anti-virus software.

 

In some cases, manual removal of Sabpab may be needed.

 

Word about Sabpab comes on the heels of another nasty piece of malware, Flashback, that infected up to as many as 600,000 Macs, security experts said, by exploiting a vulnerability in Java software.

 

Apple last week issued a software-base removal tool for that malware, which can be used by criminals to steal personal information, including passwords.

 

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Another Mac OS X Trojan has been spotted in the wild, which exploits Java vulnerabilities, just like the Flashback Trojan.

 

Another Mac OS X Trojan has been spotted in the wild, which exploits Java vulnerabilities, just like the Flashback Trojan.

 

===> Also just like Flashback, this new Trojan doesn’t require any user interaction to infect your Apple Mac. <===

 

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