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OSX/CoinThief Manual Identification and Removal Instructions

OSX/CoinThief Manual Identification and Removal Instructions

February 9, 2014

Updated: February 12, 2014 OSX/CoinThief has been distributed under four different names so far: BitVanity, StealthBit, Bitcoin Ticker TTM, and Litecoin...

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New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/CoinThief Discovered

New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/CoinThief Discovered

Malware: OSX/CoinThief.A Date Discovered: February 9th, 2014 Updated: February 13, 2014 Added: Feb 13th 2014: Wednesday evening, Apple updated XProtect to...

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Flashback Trojan Security Fix Update Released by Java

Flashback Trojan Security Fix Update Released by Java

April 4, 2012

From Doctor Web, the Russian anti-virus vendor—"conducted a research to determine the scale of spreading of Trojan BackDoor.Flashback that infects computers...

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New Malware Security Bulletin

New Malware Security Bulletin

March 20, 2012

The OS X platform has seen quite a bit of activity lately, with new variants of both the Flashback Trojan Horse and the Imuler Trojan Horse making the...

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BlackHole RAT 2 Trojan Horse for Mac OS X Discovered

BlackHole RAT 2 Trojan Horse for Mac OS X Discovered

April 3, 2011

Posted: March 31st, 2011 Updated: April 3rd, 2011 Security Risk: Low UPDATE: As predicted by the SecureMac team, the new version of BlackHole RAT 2 was...

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BlackHole RAT

BlackHole RAT

February 25, 2011

 SecureMac Security Bulletin Posted: February 25th, 2010 Updated: March 31st, 2011 Security Risk: Low Update: A new version of BlackHole RAT 2.0 has...

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Initial Analysis of trojan.osx.boonana.a

Initial Analysis of trojan.osx.boonana.a

October 28, 2010

The initial infection vector of the Boonana trojan is through a message on social networking sites similar to "Is this you in this video?" which includes a...

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Trojan Horse Alert: HellRaiser (aka OSX/HellRTS.D)

Trojan Horse Alert: HellRaiser (aka OSX/HellRTS.D)

April 16, 2010

Intego recently alerted users to the presence of a new variant of the HellRaiser Trojan Horse, which they identify as OSX/HellRTS.D. SecureMac has analyzed...

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OSX/Jahlav-C = DNSChanger Trojan Horse

OSX/Jahlav-C = DNSChanger Trojan Horse

June 26, 2009

June 12, 2009 - The trojan horse OSX/Jahlav-C recently reported in the news is in fact a variant of the already discovered DNSChanger Trojan Horse. This...

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OSX/Jahlav-C is a variant of DNSChanger Trojan Horse

OSX/Jahlav-C is a variant of DNSChanger Trojan Horse

June 12, 2009

The trojan horse OSX/Jahlav-C recently reported in the news is in fact a variant of the already discovered DNSChanger Trojan Horse. Other variant and aliases...

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Apple Acknowledges Malware

Apple Acknowledges Malware

June 10, 2009

SecureMac Press Release Posted: June 10th, 2009 Apple has finally acknowledged that spyware and viruses are a threat for Mac OS X, as well as the latest...

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DNS Changer 2.0e Trojan Horse

DNS Changer 2.0e Trojan Horse

April 17, 2009

Posted: April 17th, 2009 The iServices Trojan Horse botnet first reported by SecureMac back in January has been activated. Users who have been infected are...

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DNS Changer 2.0e Trojan Horse

DNS Changer 2.0e Trojan Horse

March 2, 2009

SecureMac Advisory Posted: March 17th, 2009 Security Risk: Critical Just after the DNSChanger 2.0d variant was identified, another new variant of the...

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Intego Reports Malware in Pirated Copies of Photoshop CS 4

Intego Reports Malware in Pirated Copies of Photoshop CS 4

January 26, 2009

Pirated copies of Photoshop CS 4 has been reported by Intego to contain malware. On January 16th Photoshop CS 4 containing the malware was seeded to...

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SecureMac releases iWorkServices Trojan Removal Tool

SecureMac releases iWorkServices Trojan Removal Tool

January 23, 2009

SecureMac has released a free tool to remove the iWorkServices Trojan Horse called iWorkServices Trojan Removal Tool. The trojan as reported by Intego...

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Security Alert: Trojan found in Pirated copies of Apple’s iWorks 09

Security Alert: Trojan found in Pirated copies of Apple’s...

January 22, 2009

Security Alert: A trojan is being distributed with pirated copies of Apple's iWorks 09. Pirated copies of iWorks 09 are being distributed with a trojan...

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DNS Changer Trojan Horse – SecureMac Removal Instructions and Anniversary Followup

DNS Changer Trojan Horse – SecureMac Removal Instructions and...

December 17, 2008

SecureMac Security Bulletin Posted: December 17th, 2008 Security Risk: Critical Halloween marked the one-year anniversary since the DNSChanger Trojan...

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Mac OS X URI Handler Security Issues & Exploits

Mac OS X URI Handler Security Issues & Exploits

May 8, 2004

Recently, Mac OS X has been known to be vulnerable to many new remote exploits. Theses exploits are allowing to remotely execute code on your computer when...

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Mac OS X Trojans and Security Threats

Mac OS X Trojans and Security Threats

April 6, 2002

Mac OS X is UNIX at the core this is very true as described in Apple's print advertisement, besides sending all others to /dev/null this OS is also open to all...

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