Apple's automated system is allowing for a fast response to malware threats.
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As the popularity of Mac OS has increased, so has its attractiveness to online criminals. This cartoon busts some of the myths that still prevail when it com... Delete the scoop?
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Trend Micro annonce les résultats de son premier « intelligence report » de l’année sur les tendances et menaces informatiques.
===> Apple a dépassé Oracle, Google et Microsoft en nombre de vulnérabilités de sécurité identifiées avec un total de 91. <===
Oracle arrive en seconde position avec 78, Google en troisième avec 73 et enfin Microsoft en quatrième avec 43 vulnérabilités identifiées. Indépendamment d’une plus grande fragilité par rapport aux virus, Apple a fournit un nombre record de patchs durant le mois de mars dernier.
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Mac users are now prime targets as an APT attempts to execute on a Mac OS.
This development in targeted attacks just shows that the groups behind campaigns such as this one are taking into consideration changes in the computing landscape, such as the increase in the number of Mac users.
===> This adjustment to affect Macs also shows that they are refining their scope, and are really customizing their tools to suit their targets. <===
In this light, and knowing that the MAC OSX arena has seen in its fair share of threats increasing, it is advisable to be aware that MAC OSX can also be targeted, and ===> seen as a new playing field for these groups behind targeted attacks and APTs to further their agenda. <===
More on this as we are continuously investigating this. Stay tuned.
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good move