New Mac malware attack spotted
A new malware attack for MacOS X systems has been spotted in the wild. Known informally as 'Puper,' the trojan attack disguises itself as a video program for OS X systems called "MacCinema."
According to researchers at McAfee Avert Labs, the attack appears as a disk image which then launches an installer application for the fictional 'MacCinema' software. Once the installer completes its task, the user becomes infected with a script file named 'AdobeFlash'.
The malicious script then launches itself ever five hours at attempts to download and launch other malware on the infected system.
