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Apple Mac Attack Began With Infected WordPress Sites

Between 30,000 and 100,000 WordPress sites infected in late February and early March. 85% of those infected are in the United States, security analyst says. Flashback botnet of Mac machines originated from hacked and malware-rigged WordPress blog sites, researchers say. As of Thursday, there were about 140,000 infected Macs still out there, according to Symantec. Still on the horizon, too, is the possibility of a Flashback comeback, with the command-and-control servers sending updates.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/apple-mac-attack-began-with-infected-wordpress-sites/d/d-id/1103970

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