The firm Sophos security reported on its official blog that within the latest version of Mac OS X ( 10.6.4 ) deployed last Tuesday, Apple also updated its anti-malware.
Specifically Apple has changed the file XProtect.plist, listing all the signatures of malware targeting its operating system. This list has been supplemented by a new entry called "OSX.HellRTS. The Trojan, identified by Sophos in April under the name of OSX / Pinhead-B, is pretending to be the manager of iPhoto images. Once installed the malware on the victim's computer, the hacker can proceed in sending massive amounts of spam but also access to files or to take screenshots. There is no mention of this latest threat to the security bulletin released by Apple.
In addition, Adobe said that Mac OS 10.6.4 does not carry the latest version of its Flash Player (10.1.53.64) but considered less secure version (10.0.45.2). Users who already updated this plugin would not, however, demoted to the previous update.
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