He said that the creators of JAHLAV were very likely the same kind of people behind traditional PC malware, as they were seeing similar techniques such as social engineering putting it in downloads people were searching for. 100 Apps Incompatible with Snow Leopard, Mac mini and SuperDrive Firmware Updates, and More, Mac News Review, 2009.09.04. "What I would say though of what I've seen pre-release, is that it is very rudimentary, very signature based for two types of malware, and that doesn't include the malware that was found in this case." "It's great that they are waking up to the threat I really, really welcome that," he said. "It's exploiting some very, very old human weaknesses," he said.Īpple seems to be taking notice of the new wave of Mac malware, with Ferguson saying that he had it confirmed from Snow Leopard beta testers that the real release would carry anti-malware controls. Trend Micro solutions architect Rik Ferguson said that criminals were taking advantage of the "desire" and "greed" of people who were not willing to pay for the new OS when it is released. Summary Apple has added an anti-malware function to Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard This function only. This is a similar threat to a version of JAHLAV that affected versions of Quicktime as well as pose as pirated versions of PDF application Foxit Reader. How the anti-malware function in Apple’s Snow Leopard works.
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