Flashback-K malware breaks down; no payment for creators

1120(1)0updated 04:42 pm EDT, Sun May 20, 2012 From 600,000 infections to 10,000; ad vendor won't pay

After possibly infecting up to 1.8 percent of the Macintosh population with a click-fraud macro through a Java vulnerability, the Flashback creators won't get paid despite their efforts, reports Computerworld. Following a coordinated security effort between antivirus vendors and security experts, remote malicious orders were blocked or prevented from effecting an estimated peak 600,000 infected computers. Apple joined the fray late, but provided patches and a removal tool for the malware. "Lots of security companies sinkholed Flashback's domains, and this caused

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