New Mac Trojan Pretends To Be Flash, Tricking Users To Install Fake Flash
Vinh Nguyen
Posted on September 26th, 2011
In case you haven’t heard it yet, Mac users are now ripe to be targeted by a new malware known as Flashback which relies on users who don’t yet have Flash on their Macs. This trojan horse tricks Mac users to download the fake Flash installer and install it onto their Mac systems. Mac users can also be infected by this fake Flash installer by visiting a malicious link (i.e., website). Once Flashback trojan is on a Mac system, it will deactivate security software, inject malicious codes into Mac applications, and sending users’ information back to the malware owner (i.e., hackers). I can imagine hackers come up with an attractive malicious websites such as a fan website for a very sexy and famous movie…