Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting

twoheadedboy writes "A Flashback variant dubbed Backdoor.Flashback.39 has infected over 600,000 Macs, according to Russian security firm Dr Web. The virulent Flashback trojan infecting Apple machines sparked interest earlier this week after it was seen exploiting a Java vulnerability, although it was actually first discovered back in September last year. The Trojan has a global reach after Dr Web found infected Macs in most countries. More than half of the Macs infected are in the US (56.6 percent), while another 19.8 percent are in Canada. The UK has 12.8 percent of infected Macs."

Comments

Re:Linux

[Aeros]

thats nice

Re:Macs don't get hacked

[Lumpy]

Only if we can use that as windows excuse as to why a unprotected windows box will get 629 viruses and trojans a day.

OSX and Linux still are far better than windows in regards to security. Windows is getting better, but it's still a major mess.

Also, is this trojan a self infecting setup or did the infections get there because of moron users clicking on everything they see pop up. NO operating system security on the planet can defend against the idiot at the keyboard.