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Dockster Mac malware found on Dalai Lama-related website

Dockster Mac malware found on Dalai Lama-related website | Apple, Mac, MacOS, iOS4, iPad, iPhone and (in)security... | Scoop.it
Mac malware has been found on a website related to the Dalai Lama, capable of allowing hackers to steal files and spy on keystrokes.

 

If your Mac is infected by OSX/Bckdr-RNW, remote hackers will be able to steal information from your computer and capture any keypresses you make. The attack was presumably designed to infect computers visiting the Dalai Lama-related website, which - one would imagine - would belong to sympathisers with the exiled Tibetan government.

 

===> Running a Mac without anti-virus software is a little like running naked through a field of thistles. Sooner or later, something bad is going to happen. <===

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/12/03/dockster-mac-malware-dalai-lama/

 

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New Mac Spyware Discovered – OSX/Dockster.A

New Mac Spyware Discovered – OSX/Dockster.A | Apple, Mac, MacOS, iOS4, iPad, iPhone and (in)security... | Scoop.it
A sample of a new Mac spyware called OSX/Dockster.A was found today on Virus Total. This trojan is currently considered low risk as it is not known to have infected users. It has backdoor functiona...
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