Apple Thwarts Hackers -- But Only For A Few Hours
No sooner does Apple try to thwart the hackers going after the Apple operating system when they strike once again.
On Tuesday, Apple released an update designed to detect and remove a malware program going by the name of Mac Defender. However, less than eight hours after the update was released, a new variation of it appeared online - and this incarnation isn't detected by the update.
The update was designed to prevent malware programs from downloading and installing into Apple systems. However, as Ed Bott reported on ZDNet, the nasty little bugger loaded into a computer using the Safari web browser exactly as its predecessor had managed to do. In other words, the hackers were able to rapidly adapt to the Apple solution. In fact, judging from the speed of the new malware variation, the programmers actually managed to go after an Apple system quicker than most hackers are able to target Windows users.
