News tagged ‘Installer’



Cydia has received a major redesign and improved compatibility for iOS 7.

The update comes via a new Cydia Installer package available today from the Changes tab in Cydia.

Saurik explains the release:

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Apple on Friday released version 1.0 of its "Flashback malware removal tool" which will scan a user's computer and erase known iterations of the Trojan that some are calling the worst the Mac platform has ever seen.

About Flashback malware removal tool

• This Flashback malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of the Flashback malware.
• If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.
• In some cases, the Flashback malware removal tool may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.
• This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed.

600,000 Macs were reported to be infected by Flashback and connected in the botnet, which harvested personal information and web browsing logs from affected machines. The Trojan was first discovered last year and installed itself through the guise of an Adobe Flash installer. This version of the malware is able to install itself automatically after visiting an infected website.



Last month it was reported that a new trojan known as Flashback.A has appeared and masqueraded as a Flash Player installer. Though Apple has continuously updated its XProtect.plist to detect this malware, security firm F-Secure has informed (via ZDNet) that a modified version of the trojan horse that disables the auto-updating function of Apple’s anti-malware tools has surfaced.

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