Apple Hit By Hackers Who Targeted Facebook

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @08:26AM from the getting-hacked-is-now-the-trendy-thing-to-do dept.

snydeq writes "Apple was recently attacked by hackers who infected the Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure that described the widest known cyber attacks against Apple-made computers to date, Reuters reports. 'The same software, which infected Macs by exploiting a flaw in a version of Oracle Corp's Java software used as a plug-in on Web browsers, was used to launch attacks against Facebook, which the social network disclosed on Friday. ... A person briefed on the investigation into the attacks said that hundreds of companies, including defense contractors, had been infected with the same malicious software, or malware. The attacks mark the highest-profile cyber attacks to date on businesses running Mac computers.'"

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That's Impossible! by Thrill+Science · 2013-02-19 08:30 · Score: -1, Troll

Apple's advanced 1969-era OS is "secure by design". It is immune from viruses, and there's no need to run a virus scanner.
Re:Hackers reported that the malware "just worked. by kutahuja · 2013-02-19 08:37 · Score: -1, Troll

http://www.cloud65.com/ as Linda answered I'm surprised that a mother can get paid $4920 in 4 weeks on the internet. have you seen this web site
Re:Hackers reported that the malware "just worked. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-19 08:51 · Score: -1, Troll

It *was* related to their work duties, jerk.
Re:Hackers reported that the malware "just worked. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-19 09:05 · Score: -1, Troll

But...they were using Apples. Everyone knows that the Apple OSs can't be hacked. So it is perfectly OK to click on any link that strikes ones fancy. Isn't it?