tailored to slip

マックユーザーとしては気になるニュースです。これまでマックは大丈夫だという神話を信じてきたのですが、これが事実なら...。とにかく気をつけるのみです。tailored to~は「〜するように（計算されて）仕立てられた」という意味ですね。「マックねらいの、ターゲットとした」という感じ...あーいやだ、いやだ。（UG）

Hackers hitting Macs with virus: industry experts
TECHNOLOGY APR. 06, 2012 - 10:28AM JST ( 19 )
Hackers are tricking Mac users into downloading the virus by disguising it as an update to Adobe Flash
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO —

The computer security industry buzzed Thursday with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.

Flashback Trojan malware tailored to slip past “Mac” defenses is a variation on viruses typically aimed at personal computers (PCs) powered by Microsoft’s Windows operating systems.

The infections, spotted “in the wild” by Finland-based computer security firm F-Secure and then quantified by Russian anti-virus program vendor Dr. Web, come as hackers increasingly take aim at Apple computers.

“All the stuff the bad guys have learned for doing attacks in the PC world is now starting to transition to the Mac world,” McAfee Labs director of threat intelligence Dave Marcus told AFP.

“Mac has said for a long time that they are not vulnerable to PC malware, which is true; they are vulnerable to Mac malware.”

Dr. Web determined that more than 600,000 Mac computers may be infected with Flashback, which is designed to let hackers steal potentially valuable information such as passwords or financial account numbers.

Hackers trick Mac users into downloading the virus by disguising it as an update to Adobe Flash video viewing software.

Apple has long boasted that Windows machines are more prone to hacking than Macs.

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