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November 05, 2007 | Comments: (0)

Puper takes aim at the Mac

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According to Dave Marcus of McAfee's AvertLabs, it seems that OSX/Puper (aka Zlob) has infected over 4 million Windows machines over the past two years (this is according to McAfee stats). Check out this link for the scoop on Puper.

So, what does that mean to you, the Mac user? Probably not much in the immediate future (or even in the distant future), but it's just another chink in the armor, yet another hole in the dike. Welcome to the mainstream. I guess if you get attacked with more vehemence then that means you're a more flavorful target. I really don't think that your machine will be zombified in the next few weeks, but it just takes one hole for an organization to be successfully exploited. You've become yet another statistic on the malware highway. Happy travels.

 

I originally found out about this Puper event from ConnectIT and that took me to Dave's postings on the AvertLabs page. I've had the chance to meet and hang out with Dave at several security and McAfee events and he's the type of guy you want watching your enterprise. He's extremely sharp with a wit to match. We're lucky to have guys like him on our side in the computer security business.

Posted by Victor R. Garza on November 5, 2007 08:39 AM

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