As TidBITS Security Editor Rich Mogull wrote in “Gatekeeper Slams the Door on Mac Malware Epidemics” (16 February 2012), the most significant security hole on the Mac stems from users being tricked ...

If I had two pick just two major malware stories for Q2 2012, I would have to go with the Flashback Trojan and the Android threat explosion. New information shows just how serious the former was ...

A number of readers responded to the story I published last week on the Flashback Trojan, a contagion that was found to have infected more than 600,000 Mac OS X systems. Most people wanted to know how ...

The creators of the Flashback trojan have made their mark as the first Mac-targeting malware authors to create an enormous, half-million strong botnet. But their fun is nearly over. Dr. Web, the ...

According to Apple’s support pages, the company is developing a tool “that will detect and remove” the Flashback trojan from existing infected machines. According to Apple’s support pages, the company ...

Analysis declaring the demise of the Flashback Mac backdoor has been greatly exaggerated, said researchers with a Russia-based antivirus firm, who on late Friday estimated there are 650,000 unique OS ...

Apple plans to release software that will detect and remove Flashback malware infections on the Mac, the company announced Tuesday. In a knowledge base link published late in the day, Apple explained ...