Apple Snubs Security Firm That Spotted Mac Botnet

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "Now that it's being increasingly targeted by botnet herders, Apple has a thing or two to learn about cooperating with friendly security researchers. Boris Sharov, the CEO of Dr. Web, the Russian security company that first reported more than half a million Macs were infected with Flashback malware last week, says when his company alerted Apple to the botnet, it never responded to him. Worse yet, on Monday Apple asked a Russian registrar to take down a domain it said was being used to host a command and control server for Flashback, but in fact was a 'sinkhole' that Dr. Web had set up to observe and analyze the botnet. Sharov describes the lack of communication and cooperation as a symptom of a company that has never before had to work closely with the security industry. 'For Microsoft, we have all the security response team's addresses,' he says. 'We don't know the antivirus group inside Apple.'"

Comments

Mac's don't get malware

[crazyjj]

Why would they communicate with a supposed security researcher who doesn't even know that?

Re:Mac's don't get malware

[fustakrakich]

Yes, but debugging your windshield is still necessary every once in a while

Re:Mac's don't get malware

[Cro Magnon]

I guess you don't use Windows Calculator?

Re:Mac's don't get malware

[spongman]

mac's aren't PCs. they're crystallized mana from heaven.

Re:Mac's don't get malware

[Ihmhi]

Honestly, the best way to debug a windshield is a full wipe.

Safeguard your data. By doing nothing.

[rfioren]

http://www.apple.com/why-mac/better-os/#viruses

Re:there is no Apple AV group

[ColdWetDog]

Ah, but you're right. This isn't a virus. It's a trojan. And we all know that Trojan's protect dicks.

(sorry Apple fans, that one hung out there just a wee too much).

Re:there is no Apple AV group

[revelation60]

It's a feature.