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#KASPERSKY SECURITY FOR MAC 2014 FOR MAC OS X#
#KASPERSKY SECURITY FOR MAC 2014 MAC OS#

It allowed a malicious hacker to gain full control of a compromised system without a password or encryption key.

#KASPERSKY SECURITY FOR MAC 2014 MAC OS#

Shellshock affected all Unix based operating systems including Apple Mac OS X, Linux and GNU. The bug is coding mistake Bash, a software originally authored by Brian fox in the 70’s.

#KASPERSKY SECURITY FOR MAC 2014 FOR MAC OS X#

Its terms of vulnerabilities, ShellShock is probably the bug of the year for Mac OS X users.

Geographically, Mac users in US suffered the most malware infections in 2014, leading the pack at 39.14%, followed by Germany 12.56%, Japan 5.51% UK 5.49% Russia 4.87% and France 3.69% of all reported infections. It imitates different bitcoin utilities built from open source code while it installs a malicious browser extension and/or a patched version of bitcoin-qt.

– a one of its kind malicious programs designed to steal bitcoins for OS X.

Trojan spyware with a remote control function that enabled hackers to intercept key strokes.

The malware is signed by the trusted certificate of the developer therefore eluding many anti-malware programs in the victim’s system.

OSX.Laoshu– malicious program which makes screenshots every minute.

OSX.Callme- a malicious program distributed through MS word, which gave online fraudsters remote back door access to a system while at the same time propagating itself to all listed contacts on the compromised machine.

Other notable malware threats to Mac users as reported by Kaspersky include “ WireLurker malware not only threatened OS X itself, but also used Macs as a carrier to get to iOS devices connected to the infected Mac,” notes Kaspersky The malware which originated from Chinese App store, Trojanized over 467 App and infected over 300,000 Apple users. The 2014 malware countdown won’t be complete without WireLurker malware which freaked out millions of Mac users earlier this year. Once installed on the computer, the adware can add advertising extensions to browsers, change the default search engine among a host of other malicious activities says Kaspersky.

Adware are spread through legitimate programs downloaded from App stores rather than buying from official websites of the developers. Yet, there still remains a common misconception that Mac OS X is safe from malware and viruses,” said David Emm, principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab.Īdware top the list of 20 most malicious programs targeted on Mac OS users.

“Over the past few years, we’ve discovered more and more malicious samples targeting Mac devices.