New Mac malware found in the wild has been linked to the Syrian Electronic Army, but the mysterious hacker group is denying any involvement in making, or spreading, the trojan.
On Tuesday, a researcher at security firm Intego revealed in a blog post that a new Mac trojan virus that disguises itself as a picture of a kissing couple was found by a user in Belarus
The malware was probably part of a targeted attack, and thus low-risk for most users, according to Intego’s Lysa Myers
However, the trojan was designed to trick users into clicking on a seemingly innocuous image. Then it would install a permanent backdoor in the computer that would allow the hackers behind it to surreptitiously control the computer and steal his or her data Read more…
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