[dba-Tech] Mac OSX zombie network

John R Bartow jbartow at winhaven.net
Tue Oct 7 11:25:16 CDT 2014


FYI Macheads:

A newly discovered zombie network that exclusively targets Apple computers
running Mac OS X across the globe has compromised roughly 17,000 machines so
far, giving hackers backdoor access to infected computers, researchers at
Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web warned. - See more at:
http://thehackernews.com/2014/10/over-17000-mac-machines-affected-by_6.html?
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17,000 - it seems do small compared to the million windows pcs zombie
networks out there. I guess it's all in the scale of things.

 



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