The Mac Security Blog: 1 in 100 Macs Infected by Flashback Malware

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BY PETER JAMES
APRIL 7, 2012

Two days ago, we reported on information that hundreds of thousands of Macs were infected by the Flashback malware. This statement from the Russian security company Dr. Web was met with skepticism by some people in the security industry, but it turns out that, according to security journalist Ed Bott, a second source has confirmed this figure. As Bott says, “That number is not just an estimate. It’s a count of unique hardware IDs reporting in to a command-and-control server.”

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