InfoWorld: Flashback returns: Is Apple dropping the ball?

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Over the weekend came surprising news that Flashback, the Java-borne Mac infector, is on a rampage again, despite reports to the contrary

APRIL 23, 2012
By Woody Leonhard

Gregg Keizer reported yesterday that the Flashback Trojan horse -- which was supposed to be going the way of the dodo -- has hardly skipped a beat. Dr. Web, the Russian company that three weeks ago figured out how to count the number of infected Macs, says that the number of unique IP addresses with infected Macs has held steady around 700,000, and the number of unique infected Macs hovers around 580,000 to 595,000.

Meanwhile, other researchers and anti-malware companies have been blogging about steep declines in the number of infections. Turns out they were fooled by Flashback.

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