MAC OWNERS GET A RUDE AWAKENING. CYBER ATTACK INFECTS 550,000 OSX X MACHINES.

by WhiteKnight, UK, Thursday, April 05, 2012, 10:52

'Rude awakening' for Mac users as cyber attack infects 550,000 of Apple's 'virus free' machines - with UK and U.S. worst hit

Trojan has compromised 550,000 machines, claims Russian security firm
Attack is 'rude awakening' for Mac users
Cyber threat infects machines via any of four million infected web pages

A new computer trojan has infected 550,000 machines running Apple's Mac OS X - and many could still be vulnerable.

The infected machines are now part of a 'botnet' of zombie machines which can be controlled by cyber criminals and 'told' to download new malicious software.

The attack has been described as a 'rude awakening' for Mac users.
The attack has afflicted machines in America and the UK worst, according to Russian security vendor Dr Web's statistics

The attack has afflicted machines in America and the UK worst, according to Russian security vendor Dr Web's statistics

The new attack was spotted by Russian anti-virus vendor Dr Web.

'We conducted research to determine the scale of spreading of Trojan BackDoor.Flashback that infects computers running Mac OS X,' says the Russian antivirus vendor.

'The botnet encompasses more than 550 000 infected machines, most of which are located in the United States and Canada <SNIP>

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