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From nakedsecurity.sophos.com - July 11, 2012 7:03 AM
A web-based malware attack has been discovered, targeting users of Windows, Mac and Linux.

Although the amount of malware written for different operating systems can vary, it's becoming increasi...

 

Visiting a hacked webpage, triggers a JAR (Java Archive) file which will ask permission to do its business - secretly determining if you are running Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.

 

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