In what could be the largest mass infection of Mac computers to date, the Flashback Trojan was estimated to have reached some 700,000 Macs by the end of last week. The Trojan is being planted on the Macs by owners who’ve been lured to infected Web pages that send a malware downloader to their computers as soon as they land on the page. “It’s not about the operating system anymore; it’s about the browser,” Trend Micro Threat Research Manager Jamz Yaneza told TechNewsWorld. “Browsing exploits don’t care what operating system you’re on.”
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Flashback's Mac Malware Mess
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 9, 2012 06:00 AMIn what could be the largest mass infection of Mac computers to date, the Flashback Trojan was estimated to have reached some 700,000 Macs by the end of last week. The Trojan is being planted on the Macs by owners who’ve been lured to infected Web pages that send a malware downloader to their computers as soon as they land on the page. “It’s not about the operating system anymore; it’s about the browser,” Trend Micro Threat Research Manager Jamz Yaneza told TechNewsWorld. “Browsing exploits don’t care what operating system you’re on.”