Friday the 13th Malware: New Flashback Trojan Horse Variant Follows Apple’s Xprotect Update
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Peter James
Apple has recently updated its Xprotect file quarantine system, used to check for malware downloaded by certain programs – notably Safari, Mail and iChat – but Intego has spotted a new variant of the Flashback Trojan horse, called OSX/FlashBack.J. This variant was released after Apple’s update, and Xprotect does not recognize it yet.
