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MAC Defender Rogue Anti-Virus Analysis and Removal

MAC Defender Rogue Anti-Virus Analysis and Removal

May 2, 2011

SecureMac Security Bulletin Due to the easy removal of the currently identified variant of this malware, SecureMac rates this threat as low. This Security...

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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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Vulnerability Found in Mac OS X 10.5

Vulnerability Found in Mac OS X 10.5

November 10, 2010

Core Security has discovered a vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.5 which could be used by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by getting the user to...

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Boonana Trojan Horse trojan.osx.boonana.a

Boonana Trojan Horse trojan.osx.boonana.a

October 28, 2010

SecureMac Security Bulletin Posted: October 26th, 2010 Updated: November 4th, 2010 Security Risk: Critical SecureMac has discovered a new trojan horse...

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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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Mac OS X Security Update

Mac OS X Security Update

January 18, 2010

Mac OS X security update (2010-001) has been posted by Apple fixing several security issues including a Adobe Flash. Other security fixes include CoreAudio,...

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Safari Vulnerability

Safari Vulnerability

June 7, 2009

SecureMac Advisory Posted: June 9th, 2009 Security Risk: Critical Safari prior to version 4 (released June 8th, 2009) may permit malicious web pages to...

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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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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 Security Issue: FileVault Leaves Unencrypted Data Behind

Mac OS X Security Issue: FileVault Leaves Unencrypted Data Behind

November 6, 2003

Mac OS X FileVault Security Advisory Advisory Title: FileVault Leaves Unencrypted Home Data Behind Release Date: 2003 November 6 Fix Date: Mac OS X 10.4...

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Mac OS X Security Issue – USB Keyboard Root Access – Mac OS X 10.2.7 and Prior

Mac OS X Security Issue – USB Keyboard Root Access – Mac...

October 11, 2003

Advisory Title: USB Keyboard Init Crash -> Root Access Release Date: 2003 October 31 Affected Products: Mac OS X 10.2.7 and prior (possibly...

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Mac OS X Security Issue: Screen Lock Security Bypass Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

Mac OS X Security Issue: Screen Lock Security Bypass Mac OS X 10.3...

October 4, 2003

Affected Product: Mac OS X 10.3 Build 7B85 Severity: Low Impact: Security Bypass Where: Local System Author: CodeSamurai...

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Mac OS X Security Issue – Screensaver Security Issue/Hack

Mac OS X Security Issue – Screensaver Security Issue/Hack

July 7, 2003

Security Issue: Mac OS X Screensaver Password Protection Bug Systems Vulnerable: Mac OS X 10.2.6 and prior Date Fixed: TBA Apple's Mac OS X screensaver...

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Mac OS X Security Issue – TruBlueEnvironment Privilege Escalation Attack

Mac OS X Security Issue – TruBlueEnvironment Privilege...

February 11, 2003

Computers running Mac OS X prior to 10.2.4 and unpatched contain a vulnerability that can be exploited to create files that can be run at elevated privileges...

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SoftwareUpdate DNS Spoof, Poisoning Exploit

SoftwareUpdate DNS Spoof, Poisoning Exploit

July 6, 2002

Resolution The issue described below was addressed and take resolved by Apple July 12th 2002 by adding checksums to downloads. Update to current version of...

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Cisco VPN UNIX Mac OS X Client Security Issue

Cisco VPN UNIX Mac OS X Client Security Issue

June 4, 2002

About Cisco VPN Client The Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network) Client establishes an encrypted tunnel between a local system and a Cisco VPN Concentrator. The...

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Mac OS X root sliplogin permission error leads to root

Mac OS X root sliplogin permission error leads to root

May 7, 2002

Published: 5.07.2002 Fixed: Mac OS X 10.1.4 Effected OS: Mac OS X 10.1.3 and prior) Information The problems lies within the file /usr/sbin/sliplogin...

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Mac OS X AppleShare Administrative access hack

Mac OS X AppleShare Administrative access hack

May 4, 2002

Today it was discovered in Mac OS X 10.1.4 (Not tested with prior versions yet) with multiple users I have stumbled across a rather large security hole when...

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Mac OS X Server/ Client Sudo Local Root

Mac OS X Server/ Client Sudo Local Root

February 7, 2002

The folks at BSD-H have found a flaw that offers anyone in the admin group the ability to achieve root access via sudo. For those of you new to Mac OS X...

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