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Oct272010

Mac Trojan Spreading Via Social Networking Sites

There is a report that a Mac OSX Trojan is spreading via email, social media and networking sites. The delivery method uses Java, which has the added advantage to the attacker of being platform specific. The link usually states "is this you in this video" but has been seen in various forms. 

Currently Microsoft has reported a raise in malware related to Java. Since it is widely used and is not platform specific it would only be logical to use for malicious activity. (Flash and Acrobat is choose for these reasons. Secure Mac has labeled the virus trojan.osx.boonana.a and is offering a free removal tool. Users can also use Java Preferences.app to limit the effects including amount of cache available and  redistricting java apps using Verify Mixed Security Code that controls sand-boxing. Additionally setting related to allowing users to grant permissions and handling of signed/unsigned content. 

If Java is not used then it should be disabled in Safari. Check back as more information becomes available. 

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