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Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting

Posted by timothy on from the first-they-came-for-the-windows-machines dept.

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."

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  1. Macs don't get hacked by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it just wrong if I laugh a little?

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    1. Re:Macs don't get hacked by ifrag · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is it just wrong if I laugh a little?

      Try to keep it to a low chuckle. The reality distortion field might break under greater strain.

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    2. Re:Macs don't get hacked by alphatel · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is it just wrong if I laugh a little?

      Try to keep it to a low chuckle. The reality distortion field might break under greater strain.

      It just works!

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    3. Re:Macs don't get hacked by fermion · · Score: 5, Funny

      My surprise is that there are 600K running macs to infect. I thought macs were just bought by rich people to display in there offices while they really used a PC. Clearly this article is propaganda.

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    4. Re:Macs don't get hacked by Tarkadot · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, now that the Reality Distortion Field is weakening, it's time to activate the Someone Else's Problem field?

    5. Re:Macs don't get hacked by ByOhTek · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... I tried to find where I should insert the Prozac. I tried the optical disc tray, but that didn't fix it. How do I unsad my Mac?

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    6. Re:Macs don't get hacked by crazyjj · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, college kids love them. They use them to tweet out messages encouraging their fellow students to fight evil corporations.

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    7. Re:Macs don't get hacked by 19thNervousBreakdown · · Score: 2, Funny

      Everybody knows us nerds are suckers for a pretty face with a bit of rouge.

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    8. Re:Macs don't get hacked by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nobody ever claimed Macintoshes were bulletproof.

      Hi, I noticed you are new here, and just thought I'd welcome you.

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    9. Re:Macs don't get hacked by cp.tar · · Score: 3, Funny

      Who targets less than 1%?

      The 99%?

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    10. Re:Macs don't get hacked by tripleevenfall · · Score: 3, Funny

      Agree totally. There's no need to pirate closed-source software when good open source solutions exist.

  2. Haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

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  3. Re:How to tell whether you are infected by ArhcAngel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Summary:

    If you open Terminal and run

    This just offended or confused 90% of the MAC users

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  4. Re:How to tell whether you are infected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, when you claimed that "no sensible person ever said, "Macs don't get infected"...", I got a little ticked off, because based on my experience, it seemed that NEARLY ALL Apple users had claimed this.

    Then I realized, we're both right.

  5. Re:How to tell whether you are infected by Bill+Hayden · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just offended or confused 90% of the MAC users

    The fact that you wrote Mac as MAC offended or confused an even higher percentage of Mac users.

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