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Re: Adware/Spyware on Mac/OS X


From: Gene Spafford <spaf () CERIAS PURDUE EDU>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 13:39:58 -0400

On May 4, 2009, at 1:27 PM, David Auclair wrote:

The recent pwn2own contest results are particularly interesting.
The mac was pwned in seconds.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2917

Or the recent Mac Botnet:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157


Macs are starting to be more of a target.

That is fine to say, but what is actually out there in the wild that
we need to protect against, other than news stories that help to
increase readership? :-)

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