And suddenly... silence... on the Mac malware scene.

[Demigod Mac]

After that big stink a few weeks ago about MacDefender and its variants, all that alarmist news about Mac malware has suddenly become a silent. Haven't heard a peep ever since.

So did Apple's solution prove effective? Are the malware authors still attempting to make variants? I noticed that Apple's malware definitions file has been updated to version 18. So something must be going on still, but it's likely no longer a significant threat anymore.

 

[Benz63amg]

After that big stink a few weeks ago about MacDefender and its variants, all that alarmist news about Mac malware has suddenly become a silent. Haven't heard a peep ever since.

So did Apple's solution prove effective? Are the malware authors still attempting to make variants? I noticed that Apple's malware definitions file has been updated to version 18. So something must be going on still, but it's likely no longer a significant threat anymore.

apple got us covered as long as u applied the software update

 

[srf4real]

I'm on a G5 running 10.5.8, and there were no software updates required on my machine. One of the things I was hesitant about when considering adopting the intel chips, very well known by hackers. I guess PPC remained unaffected.

 

[Demigod Mac]

Well, this is interesting. After skyrocketing to version 20, Apple's def files suddenly stopped there. Are the criminals now realizing it's not worth their effort and are giving up? Or are they retooling the thing to come back for round 2?

 

[Demigod Mac]

We're on version 21 of the definitions, last updated 6/23. An eternity in the malware world for NOT producing a new variant.

Have the criminals given up?
Did Apple find a way to blacklist their software on a deeper level?

 

[maflynn]

Have the criminals given up?
Did Apple find a way to blacklist their software on a deeper level?

You make it sound like that there was a rash of malware from a lot of authors.

We were dealing with a single malware program that was updated a couple of times to circumvent apple's security. The criminals have not given up, because there weren't many of them doing this.

I'm not saying Macs won't be the target of such attacks in the future but a single malware program cannot be considered a rash of attacks

 

[farmermac]

Where can you see the definition version?

 

[GGJstudios]

Where can you see the definition version?

/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/XProtect.plist

 

[Detrius]

I'm on a G5 running 10.5.8, and there were no software updates required on my machine. One of the things I was hesitant about when considering adopting the intel chips, very well known by hackers. I guess PPC remained unaffected.

Yes, absolutely. Of course the old stuff will be more secure because it's old. PC users should all be using Windows ME to stay secure.

 

[naix]

/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/XProtect.plist

I cant find CoreServices in my library folder.

 

[maflynn]

Did you check /System/Library and not /Library?

 

[hehe299792458]

I cant find CoreServices in my library folder.

We wouldn't be having this conversation if that folder wasn't there.