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Author:  big_D [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:24 am ]
Post subject:  Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
Clicky

It installs a redirector for Google, which points the users browser at a server in the Netherlands.

It looks like the trojan is only, currently, aimed at spamming users with pop-up ads, something which plagued Windows machines in the late 90s.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:10 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
Quote:
Apple has struggled recently with scareware attacks on its platform and the latest sighting is further proof that the increase in Mac OS X market share has attracted the attention of malware writers.

Well Lion might solve many of these problems a full replacement of Flash by HTML5 might help a lot more.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
Amnesia10 wrote:
Quote:
Apple has struggled recently with scareware attacks on its platform and the latest sighting is further proof that the increase in Mac OS X market share has attracted the attention of malware writers.

Well Lion might solve many of these problems a full replacement of Flash by HTML5 might open up a new vector of attack.

changed to reflect what will happen ;)
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
bobbdobbs wrote:
Quote:
might solve many of these problems a full replacement of Flash by HTML5 might open up a new vector of attack.

changed to reflect what will happen ;)

I notice Adobe have just pushed the public beta of a HTML-5 based animation and interaction designer out. Maybe they don't see the future as being flash either...
Author:  finlay666 [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
big_D wrote:
It looks like the trojan is only, currently, aimed at spamming users with pop-up ads, something which plagued Windows machines in the late 90s.


Apple users, so behind the times ;)
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
jonbwfc wrote:
bobbdobbs wrote:
Quote:
might solve many of these problems a full replacement of Flash by HTML5 might open up a new vector of attack.

changed to reflect what will happen ;)

I notice Adobe have just pushed the public beta of a HTML-5 based animation and interaction designer out. Maybe they don't see the future as being flash either...

Maybe. Plus the money is to be made making a development tool easy to create movies and upload them.


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Author:  big_D [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
Amnesia10 wrote:
Quote:
Apple has struggled recently with scareware attacks on its platform and the latest sighting is further proof that the increase in Mac OS X market share has attracted the attention of malware writers.

Well Lion might solve many of these problems a full replacement of Flash by HTML5 might help a lot more.


It would be a start, at least then Apple could concentrate on making Safari and OS X secure, as opposed to having to firefight bad press from Flash security holes opening up even more problems on their systems (the same goes for Windows).
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
big_D wrote:
It would be a start, at least then Apple could concentrate on making Safari and OS X secure, as opposed to having to firefight bad press from Flash security holes opening up even more problems on their systems (the same goes for Windows).

Yes even though I want OSX to remain secure I also want Windows to get better because that is the way Apple will actually do something to secure the browser and OS. The Pwn2Own competitions were embarrassing for Apple.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
Amnesia10 wrote:
big_D wrote:
It would be a start, at least then Apple could concentrate on making Safari and OS X secure, as opposed to having to firefight bad press from Flash security holes opening up even more problems on their systems (the same goes for Windows).

Yes even though I want OSX to remain secure I also want Windows to get better because that is the way Apple will actually do something to secure the browser and OS. The Pwn2Own competitions were embarrassing for Apple.

One of the reasons OS X is now being targetted is that Snow Leopard was easier to hack than WIndows 7! With Lion, it looks like Apple might finally have gotten the ADSLR working properly, like it has in Windows since 2007...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
big_D wrote:
One of the reasons OS X is now being targetted is that Snow Leopard was easier to hack than WIndows 7! With Lion, it looks like Apple might finally have gotten the ADSLR working properly, like it has in Windows since 2007...

Which is good for all concerned. Are there many viruses for Windows 7 or is it like the arrival of OSX making macs much more secure than their predecessor and so eliminating the virus threat?
Author:  big_D [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
Amnesia10 wrote:
big_D wrote:
One of the reasons OS X is now being targetted is that Snow Leopard was easier to hack than WIndows 7! With Lion, it looks like Apple might finally have gotten the ADSLR working properly, like it has in Windows since 2007...

Which is good for all concerned. Are there many viruses for Windows 7 or is it like the arrival of OSX making macs much more secure than their predecessor and so eliminating the virus threat?

There are some, a lot of XP viruses won't work, but there are some which work with W7. That said, I've never seen a Windows virus on any of my machines.

Being sensible about what you do and being cautious is a lot better than solely relying on an anti-malware program.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
big_D wrote:
Being sensible about what you do and being cautious is a lot better than solely relying on an anti-malware program.

Agreed. It will take time for users to realise that clicking on all links is bad.
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
How to spot it’s a fake: Adobe don’t use Apple’s standard installers. They use their own. :lol:

Mind you, people may not immediately spot that one and continue.
Author:  tombolt [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
I'm not sure the official flash isn't a Trojan given how it cripples my machine tbh. Disabling it has been the best performance thing I ever did to my mac I reckon.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fake Flash Trojan for OS X
tombolt wrote:
I'm not sure the official flash isn't a Trojan given how it cripples my machine tbh. Disabling it has been the best performance thing I ever did to my mac I reckon.

I use click to flash to minimise its impact, but yet it is like malware.
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