Hackers hitting Macs with virus: Industry experts

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Published on Apr 6, 2012

A posed photo of a user looking at her MacBook in shock. The computer security industry buzzed on Thursday with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines. -- ST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The computer security industry buzzed on Thursday with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.

Flashback Trojan malware tailored to slip past 'Mac' defences is a variation on viruses typically aimed at personal computers (PCs) powered by Microsoft's Windows operating systems.

The infections, spotted 'in the wild' by Finland-based computer security firm F-Secure and then quantified by Russian anti-virus program vendor Dr Web, come as hackers increasingly take aim at Apple computers.

'All the stuff the bad guys have learned for doing attacks in the PC world is now starting to transition to the Mac world,' McAfee Labs director of threat intelligence Dave Marcus told AFP.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_785895.html

 

[singveld]

i am using mac book pro here, what should i do? samleong, any advice?

 

[Alamaking]

Nothing happening on my side, lol

 

[singveld]

Nothing happening on my side, lol

maybe they are taken over your computer and gathering your credit card info.

 

[Alamaking]

maybe they are taken over your computer and gathering your credit card info.

Bor leh, watching youtube, watching porn, working on my file and surfing at the same time leh, lol