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Offline bobotheclown

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Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« on: 02 May 2011, 19:43 »
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Offline Dolly

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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #1 on: 02 May 2011, 19:53 »
how long till they get to linux   :sad:
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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #2 on: 02 May 2011, 20:15 »
Quote from: Dolly on 02 May 2011, 19:53
how long till they get to linux   :sad:

It's been f@cked for years :lipsrsealed: just not 'by drive' by attacks
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #3 on: 02 May 2011, 20:28 »
 :grin: not had a problem in "years" but as with the one in the link, alot you have to download/install/accept. so people should be ok?
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Offline bobotheclown

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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #4 on: 02 May 2011, 20:52 »
Not really as the majority of Mac users are new to the system and have heard it is not prone to the attacks like Windows and therefore are in the mindset that they are completely safe.

Also the majority of Mac users tend not to be technically minded and therefore have no bloody clue.
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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #5 on: 02 May 2011, 20:58 »
The weakness is Safari.
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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #6 on: 02 May 2011, 21:03 »
Quote from: T_J_G on 02 May 2011, 20:58
The weakness is Safari.

Safari and a numpty end user is a dangerous combination.
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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #7 on: 02 May 2011, 21:04 »
what about firefox bobo?
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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #8 on: 02 May 2011, 22:14 »
Any OS + numpty = FAIL

Chrome is now under attack too, not through exploits but user social engineering by faking the Chrome security page and telling the user to install Chrome's new security patch ....
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Mac users: Malware out in the wild - low risk
« Reply #9 on: 03 May 2011, 17:22 »
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.
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