Viruses to Target Apple Computers
In our recent post to a FoxNews article, we warned the comfort of Apple OS X users may have it's days numbered. Unfortunately this day may have arrived quickly.
At the recent VB Conference 2009 a security professional gave a presentation revealing a bounty offered for mlaware infecting OS X computers. The $0.43 bounty may appear trivial, but the objective is to infect as many computers as possible thus 10,000 infected computers pays out $4,300.
Make sure to keep your updates from Apple current and as a first line and best defense- be smart. As stated in the presentation social engineering is a core objective to infect your computer.
Apple Malware Bounty: Infect a Mac, Earn 43 Cents
"In a sign that cyber-criminals are investing more time and resources into attacks against Apple's Mac users, a new malware affiliate program has been discovered offering 43c for every infected Mac machine.
"During an eye-opening presentation at the VB Conference 2009 conference here, Sophos Labs researcher Dmitry Samosseikko provided a glimpse into the "Partnerka," a Russian network of spam and malware affiliates that have turned their attention to the Mac platform -- using social engineering tricks to load fake codecs and scareware programs."
LINKS:
http://threatpost.com/blogs/apple-malware-bounty-infect-mac-earn-043-125
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138517/Hackers_pay_43_cents_per_hijacked_Mac
http://www.darkreading.com/security/client/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220200219
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