Washington Post: Malicious software infecting more Androids, and even Apple finds it's not immune

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By Joshua Topolsky
April 18, 2012

About two weeks ago, something shocking happened. Apple's OS X, which has long been thought of as nearly impervious to malware or viruses, was hit with a big, nasty piece of malicious software called Flashback.

The Trojan horse — that’s what these kinds of viruses are called — takes advantage of a vulnerability in Java (a component of the operating system), and then insinuates itself in your system. After the software is inside your Mac, it will gather user names, passwords and other sensitive information from your browser and send that info to command-and-control servers. You know, where the people who got the virus onto your computer in the first place can take advantage of it.

And yes, that’s when the real fun begins.

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