Flashback Mac malware still infecting thousands
The Flashback malware infecting Mac computers is not in decline according to Dr Web, the Russian security firm who first revealed the extent of infected machines.
The company has estimated that there are still 650,000 unique OS X machines currently infected with the malware.
These results are in stark contrast to a report released by security firm Symantec, which showed the number of infected machines has dropped from over 500,000 down to just 140,000.
Following the latest Dr Web information, Symantec have released an update to their results, claiming that their servers “are receiving limited infection counts” for the malware.
Dr Web estimates that a total of 817,879 bots have been a part of the botnet since the security firm started monitoring it on 4 April. On 16 April, 717,004 unique IP addresses and 595,816 Mac unique user IDs reported being part of the botnet.
Read the full story at: Ars Technica.
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