prMac serves to enhance the visibility of press releases in the Mac world, offering Mac-centric news media distribution services as well as top-notch RSS feeds. © 2013 prMac http://prmac.com/ en-us http://prmac.com/release-id-51613.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-51613.htm Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:10:00 CST New Apple Mac Trojan Called OSX/Dockster Found in the Wild on Tibetan Website. A sample of a new Mac spyware called OSX/Dockster.A was found on VirusTotal on Friday, possibly as part of a test before pushing it to the public. This trojan has backdoor functionality, including a keylogger component that records an affected users typing. VirusBarrier X6 protects users from this malware with malware definitions dated November 30, 2012 or later. http://prmac.com/release-id-45746.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-45746.htm Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:36:00 CST A new Apple Mac Trojan called OSX/Crisis has been discovered by Intego, the Apple security specialist. This Trojan horse has not been found in the wild, but it exhibits some anti-analysis and stealthing techniques that are uncommon among OS X malware. This threat works in OSX versions 10.6 and 10.7 - Snow Leopard and Lion and installs without need of any user interaction; no password is required for it to run. VirusBarrier X6 protects users from this malware. http://prmac.com/release-id-41393.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-41393.htm Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:40:00 CST We have developed and released an App that will scan your mac to see if it has been infected with the latest SabPub malware and will delete it upon detection. The SabPub Malware is a low level threat Trojan that sends personal information from your Mac to an offending server, the Trojan is made to look like an Apple launcher, and also has a similar name to a real Apple launcher called "PubSub" so please don't confuse the two. Our App will search your Mac for this malware and will remove it. http://prmac.com/release-id-25048.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-25048.htm Tue, 03 May 2011 02:30:00 CST MAC Defender is a rouge anti-virus program for Mac OS X being distributed via the web that will "detect" nonexistent threats as being present on the user's system in an effort to persuade them to hand over their credit card information and purchase a "subscription" to the program. If the user does not purchase, the program will start popping up pornographic websites to create an actual problem on the system. SecureMac offers full analysis and removal instructions. http://prmac.com/release-id-24640.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-24640.htm Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:35:00 CST PTT Games is proud to announce Achilles' Defense 1.0, a fun Mythological Action Game, has been featured by Apple in their 'New & Noteworthy' games. The game is about a famous Greek Hero in The Trojan War - the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, who fought against Hades and hordes of devil creatures. Your goal is to defend the temple against the hordes of devil creatures. Tap the screen and hold to build up power, then release to fire. http://prmac.com/release-id-23738.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-23738.htm Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:25:00 CST The SecureMac team today announced a new version of the BlackHole RAT 2.0 Trojan Horse for Mac OS X has been discovered. The new version of the trojan horse adds itself as a login item disguised as Java, has a more believable prompt for username and password. It slows down the computer by tying up the CPU with a loop function, executes shell commands, and can attempt to erase the hard drive. This new version should be not confused with an older variant from back in February. http://prmac.com/release-id-17807.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17807.htm Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:00:00 CST The SecureMac team today announced a new variant of the Boonana malware has been discovered. The new variant, trojan.osx.boonana.b, behaves in a very similar manner to the original malware, and is currently being distributed on multiple sites. SecureMac has identified two more websites that are currently hosting the new malware variant. Rather than the initial site which tricks users into running (and installing) the malware, these servers seem to be hosting update code for the malware. http://prmac.com/release-id-17594.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17594.htm Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:30:00 CST The SecureMac team today released an initial analysis of the Mac OS X Boonana Trojan Horse and has created a free removal tool as well as administrative instructions to manually remove the affected machines. Due to the fact that the Command and Control servers for the malware are still active, we maintain a threat level rating of critical for trojan.osx.boonana.a. Detailed procedures and instructions are also listed in the report. http://prmac.com/release-id-17529.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17529.htm Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:55:00 CST SecureMac has discovered a new trojan horse in the wild that affects Mac OS X, including Snow Leopard, the latest version of OS X. The trojan horse, trojan.osx.boonana.a, is spreading through social networking sites, including Facebook, disguised as a video. The trojan is currently appearing as a link in messages on social networking sites with the subject "Is this you in this video?" When run, the installer modifies system files to bypass the need for passwords. http://prmac.com/release-id-17141.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-17141.htm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:05:00 CST ProteMac today announced ProteMac NetMine 2.0. ProteMac NetMine is a network firewall for Mac OS X which is able to control and intercepts all internet and network activity of all applications on your Mac. Firewall can restrict or prevent the spread of networked computer worms, trojans, viruses and malware. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines. Version 2.0 is a new application with new interface and powerful features. http://prmac.com/release-id-7559.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-7559.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:00:00 CST ProteMac today announced ProteMac NetMine 1.5. ProteMac NetMine is a network firewall for Mac OS X which is able to control and intercepts all internet and network activity of all applications on your Mac. Firewall can restrict or prevent the spread of networked computer worms, trojans, viruses and malware. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines. Version 1.5 features Snow Leopard support, web update and misc fixes. http://prmac.com/release-id-6554.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-6554.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:00 CST ProteMac today announced ProteMac NetMine 1.3, an update to their network firewall for Mac OS X. ProteMac NetMine is a network firewall for Mac OS X which is able to control and intercepts all internet and network activity of all applications on your Mac. Firewall can restrict or prevent the spread of networked computer worms, trojans, viruses and malware. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines. http://prmac.com/release-id-5730.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-5730.htm Wed, 20 May 2009 06:53:00 CST ProteMac today announced ProteMac NetMine 1.2, their network firewall for Mac OS X. ProteMac NetMine is a network firewall for Mac OS X which is able to control and intercepts all internet and network activity of all applications on your Mac. Firewall can restrict or prevent the spread of networked computer worms, trojans, viruses and malware. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines. http://prmac.com/release-id-5514.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-5514.htm Tue, 05 May 2009 10:34:00 CST ProteMac has announced ProteMac NetMine 1.1, their network firewall for Mac OS X. ProteMac NetMine is a network firewall for Mac OS X which able to control internet and network activity of all applications on Your Mac. ProteMac NetMine intercepts all network activity traveling from and to Your Mac and from every an application of Your Mac. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines. http://prmac.com/release-id-5189.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-5189.htm Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:38:00 CST ProteMac today announced ProteMac NetMine 1.0, their network firewall for Mac OS X. ProteMac NetMine is a network firewall for Mac OS X which able to control internet and network activity of all applications on Your Mac. ProteMac NetMine intercepts all network activity traveling from Your Mac and from every an application of Your Mac. NetMine firewall can prevent all unwanted outside and inside traffic from reaching protected machines. http://prmac.com/release-id-4612.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-4612.htm Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:27:00 CST Yazsoft today announced that a patch file, by the name of, 'Speed Download[P]atch.zip' has been circulating around in various torrent sites. This file was designed to circumvent the registration mechanism of Speed Download in order to get it to work without buying a license. They strongly recommend that everyone steer clear from this file due to reports of severe system instability and mysterious network activity resulting from the use of this likely trojan. http://prmac.com/release-id-1002.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-1002.htm Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 CST A malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec necessary to view free pornographic videos on Macs. A great deal of spam has been posted to many Mac forums, in an attempt to lead users to these sites. OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse Changes Local DNS Settings to Redirect to Malicious DNS Servers.