On Tuesday morning Apple revealed that some of its computers had been infiltrated, perhaps by the same Chinese hackers who had also attacked Facebook, in what Reuters described as the "widest known cyber attacks targeting Apple computers used by...
Join Scoop.it for Free
Share ideas that matter on the social web and experience
the benefits of curating the world's best content.
I don't have a Facebook, a Twitter or a LinkedIn account
Already have an account: Login
SIGN UP
Attract your communities of interest by sharing ideas that matter
Scoop.it Score
88
Visitors
Loading...
Updated
May 19
Created
May 26, 2011
Created by
Scoops
524
Reactions
2639
Edit Tag
Follow
|
Scooped by Gust MEES onto Apple, Mac, iOS4, iPad, iPhone and (in)security... |
Scoop.it!
No comment yet.
Sign up to comment
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
No
 Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Summary: A new Mac OS X Trojan referred to as OSX/Crisis silently infects OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and OS X 10.7 Lion. It then spies on the user by monitoring Adium, Firefox, Microsoft Messenger, Safari, and Skype.
Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/new-mac-malware-spies-on-you-via-adium-firefox-safari-skype-7000001665/
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
No
|
Scoop.it!
While the mode of infection is currently unknown, this new threat has uniquenesses over past malware for OS X. Read this blog post by Topher Kessler on MacFixIt.
Read more:
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
No
|
Needless to say, if you own a Mac computer, you should probably go download that update right about now.