Means of transport #2: Vulnerabilities
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To spread malware for macOS, intruders also exploit vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities are program code flaws that enable malware to infiltrate a Mac without user knowledge or consent.
Just like any other piece of software, macOS also has vulnerabilities.
It was namely vulnerabilities that played a major role in the first-ever outbreak of the malicious program BackDoor.Flashback.39.for macOS.
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- In February 2012 criminals started using Java vulnerabilities to spread BackDoor.Flashback.39, and after March 16 they began using yet another exploit.
- March 2012 – Oracle released an update for the Java Virtual Machine, closing the vulnerabilities exploited by BackDoor.Flashback.39.
- As late as April 2012, Apple released an update for its own Java implementation to close the vulnerabilities exploited by BackDoor.Flashback.39.
Outbreak! 650,000 Macs
were infected with BackDoor.Flashback worldwide
More than 4 million websites
involved in spreading BackDoor.Flashback
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Malicious websites were used to spread BackDoor.Flashback.39. At the end of March, Google search results contained links to over four million infected web pages distributing the backdoor.