{"id":1992,"date":"2012-12-03T12:12:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T20:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2012-12-03T12:12:25","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T20:12:25","slug":"mac-gets-hit-with-malware-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/1992\/mac-gets-hit-with-malware-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Gets Hit with Malware Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2012\/12\/03\/dockster-mac-malware-dalai-lama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Naked Security from Sophos<\/a> has reported that Macs are getting infected with malware by visiting a Dalai Lama site.  If infected, all your keystrokes could be recorded,  thereby exposing all your important data such as bank passwords.   Two things I&#8217;d recommend.  First is an anti-virus for your Mac, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/products\/free-tools\/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">free one published by Sophos<\/a>. Second, is to add double authentication to as many accounts as support it.  For example,  users of Google&#8217;s Double Auth system can NOT have their accounts hacked by a simple keyword logger, because it takes more than a single password to enter any of your Google accounts.  For more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/778\/google-and-facebook-offer-enhanced-security\/\">double authentication,  read this<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naked Security from Sophos has reported that Macs are getting infected with malware by visiting a Dalai Lama site. If infected, all your keystrokes could be recorded, thereby exposing all your important data such as bank passwords. 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