Mac OS X Flashback Trojan is still alive, recently infected 22,000 Apple machines

The Flashback Trojan, the most sophisticated piece of malware that infected over 600,000 Apple's Macs systems back in April, 2012 is still alive and has infected about 22,000 machines recently, according to the researchers from Intego. For a refresh, Flashback Trojan was first discovered in...

SMS Extortion Trojan Targeting Apple Machines

In yet another blow to the tenuous false sense of security among Apple users, the Russian antivirus firm Dr. Web has uncovered what it claims is a first-of-its-kind fake installer Trojan targeting Mac machines and extorting their users with SMS fraud. Trojan.SMSSend.3666 is the Mac variant within...

Flashback Creators May Be Raking in $10K a Day

Unprotected users visiting a page hosting the much-discussed Flashback Trojan could be earning some serious cash for the malware’s creators, according to new research from Symantec. In a post to the company’s Security Response blog, Symantec notes the Flashback Trojan could be earning up to $10,0...