Press release: There is a three percentance that an Internet user encounters malware that tries to attack a device running Mac OS X. Compared to Windowswhere is theance 21%, it is a significantly smaller risk. However, if converted into absolute numbers, an active Internet user faces infection of a Mac OS X device at least ten times a year. This is according to Kaspersky Lab's calculation based on data from cloudKaspersky Security Network database. From January to August 2014, Kaspersky Lab analysts recorded almost 1 unique attacks on Mac devices. They can be grouped into 000 main threat families. Kaspersky Lab records a total of 25 samples of Mac OS X malicious files.
Among the most notorious Mac OS X malware in Kaspersky Lab's collection is the Callme backdoor, which allows cybercriminals to gain access to the system and also steal the contacts of the infected user, apparently as a source of additional victims. Another backdoor, Laoshu, is signed with a trusted developer certificate. It seems that its authors wanted to spread it using AppStore. Laoshu takes every minute screenshot device. The third cyber spyonem that is worth mentioning is Ventir. It provides hidden remote control functions and can monitor keyboard activity. In addition to the above, the Kaspersky Lab collection also includes iPhone spyware, the first encryption malware for OS X, and the first malware designed for OS X to steal Bitcoins.
“Over the past four years, the threat landscape for Macs has changed significantly – from isolated incidents to a global outbreak caused by the Flashback worm, which infected 700 Macs worldwide in 2011. It was a tipping point, after which hundreds of new Mac malware programs appear every year,” said Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab. Read more about the threats facing Macs on Eugene Kaspersky’s blog.
Kašpárek is haunting here again and trying to find a loophole to get in Apple device.
bububu
Let Kasper stay on windowsoh we don't need it
Kasper wants to get into the OS for us :D no thanks...