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September 24, 2011 08:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1N2mCHG6Euo/New-Mac-OS-X-Trojan-Hides-Inside-PDFs
New Mac OS X Trojan Hides Inside PDFs
Trailrunner7 contributes this snippet from ThreatPost: "Malware that targets Mac OS X isn't anywhere near catching up to Windows-based malware in terms of volume and variety, but it seems that OS X malware may be adopting some of the more successful tactics that Windows viruses have been using to trick users. Researchers have come across a sample of an OS X-based Trojan that disguises itself as a PDF file, a technique that's been in favor among Windows malware authors for several years now."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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