New Mac Malware, SabPub, Used In Targeted Attacks

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab says a new malicious program, dubbed SabPub, exploits the same Java security hole as the Flashback Trojan and enables targeted attacks against Mac users. The new malware was identified in a blog post by Kaspersky Lab expert Costin Raiu on Saturday and is described as ...

Apple Releases Flashback Malware Security Updates

Apple has released security updates to address Flashback malware in the following products: OS X Lion v10.7.3 OS X Lion Server v10.7.3 Mac OS X v10.6.8 Mac OS X Server v10.6.8 Apple has released a malware removal tool for the most common variant of the Flashback malware. If the malware is...

Apple Releases Fix For Flashback Malware

Apple has released another fix for Java that also is designed to remove several of the variants of the Flashback Trojan that have been plaguing Mac users for months now. The update, released on Thursday, is the latest in a series of attempts by the company to address the Flashback situation. The...

Many Mac Users Running Vulnerable Java Versions

Researchers have known for a long time that many users don’t pay much attention to updating the third-party software, browser plugins and extensions, and that lack of care has been to the benefit of attackers for years. Attacks on Flash, Java, QuickTime and various other ubiquitous apps have been...

Apple, Following Microsoft's Lead, Plans to Disable Flashback Botnet

Apple, which usually doesn’t get involved much in security issues outside of issuing patches when needed, said it is working with internet service providers around the world to disable the Flashback botnet’s command and control servers. Flashback exploits a security flaw in Java, Apple explains,...

Apple Developing Fix For Flashback Malware

Apple is planning to release a software fix that will find and remove the Flashback malware that has been haunting Mac users for several months now. The latest version of Flashback has built a botnet that at times has included more than 600,000 infected machines. Apple said on Tuesday that it was...

Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu on Flashback and Mac Security

Dennis Fisher talks with Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu about the Flashback Mac botnet, why Apple is reluctant to let third parties update software on Macs and the future outlook for the security of Macs. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on...

Flashback Bot Counts Fall, Researchers Set up Free Infection-Checking Site

Mac malware is still enough of an oddity that the existence of a single botnet made up of Macs has prompted a huge amount of publicity and finger-pointing in the general direction of Apple. The furor over the Flashback malware seems to be receding a bit, and researchers say that the number of...

FlashBack Checker - Tool Detects Flashback Mac Malware

FlashBack Checker - Tool Detects Flashback Mac Malware A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple's computers. Last week we posted about, More than 600000 Macs system infected with Flashback Botnet. That's slightly more than 1 percent of all 45 million...

Java: The OSX and Cross-Platform Nightmare

By Roel Schouwenberg For a few days now I’ve been asking myself the following question: Which is more important: The fact we had a 500k-strong OSX botnet fly under the radar or the culprit that enabled the malware to infect so many machines? Every time the answer is clear – Java has become an...

Researchers Confirm 600K-Strong Flashback Botnet Is Mostly Mac

Kaspersky Lab researchers say that analysis of the Flashfake botnet confirms the size of the malicious network and that it consists mostly of Mac OS X machines. Researchers at Kaspersky wrote on Friday that they were able to reverse engineer the domain generation algorithm used by the botnet, the...

Questions Abound On Size and Makeup of Flashback Botnet

The botnet assembled by the Flashback Trojan that’s been infecting Macs in recent months is turning out to be a rather difficult one to pin down. Researchers have said that the network of compromised machines may be upwards of 600,000, while newere estimates say that it’s more likely in the...

Mac OS X OSX/Flashback Trojan Detection

Using the supplied credentials, Nessus has found evidence that the remote Mac OS X host has been compromised by a trojan in the OSX/Flashback family of trojans. The software is typically installed by means of a malicious Java applet or Flash Player installer. Depending on the variant, the trojan...

More than 600000 Macs system infected with Flashback Botnet

More than 600000 Macs system infected with Flashback Botnet The computer security industry is buzzing with warnings that more than half a million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines. Dr. Web originally reported Wednesday that 550,000 Macintosh computer...

Flashback Mac Trojan Hits More than 500K Machines

The Flashback Trojan that has been infecting Mac OSX machines of late appears to have become the most successful piece of Mac-based malware in the short history of such things. Researchers say that there have been upwards of 500,000 Macs infected by the malware, and that number may still rise...

Apple Issues Update to Prevent Flashback Malware from Infecting Mac OS X Machines

Less than a day after reports began surfacing that the Flashback trojan was hitting Mac OS X machines, Apple today released a fix to stop the latest variant of the password-stealing malware. The update closes numerous vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.029, including a serious hole that allowed an...

Microsoft Windows ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities (2647518)

This script will list all the vulnerable activex controls installed on the remote windows machine with references and cause. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbmswindowsactivexcontrolmultvuln.nasl 5988 2017-04-20 09:02:29Z teissa $ Microsoft Windows ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities 2647518...

Microsoft Windows ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities (2647518)

This script will list all the vulnerable activex controls installed on the remote windows machine with references and cause. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders...

New Version of Flashback Mac Trojan Found Using Java Exploits

A new version of the Flashback Trojan that targets Macs has appeared, and this one uses a drive-by download technique to attempt exploits of two Java vulnerabilities. The Flashback.G malware also tries to trick users into accepting a fake digital certificate, which will install the malware if the...

IBM Rational Rhapsody BBFlashBack.FBRecorder.1 Control Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Rational Rhapsody. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaws exists within BB...