Dockster leverages the same Java vulnerability to drop the backdoor onto a Mac, which then executes code to create an agent that feeds keylogs and other sensitive information to an off-site server.

Mac Flashback Trojan means now is a good time to install the latest Java for Mac OS X update for protection against this information sealing malware that a Java vulnerability.

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Symantec has discovered a new form of Java malware that infects both Apple and Windows machines, according to research posted on the company’s Security Response blog.

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Java -- and the vulnerability -- works on both Windows and Mac. The version of Java affected is 1.7 update 6 (also called version 7 update 6 on the Java download page ).

Last week, security researcher Landon Fuller posted attack code for a Java vulnerability in Apple’s Mac OS X that hackers can use. “Due to the fact that an exploit for this issue is available ...

Apple, which handles all Java updates on the Mac, has yet to follow suit. Apple did not respond to requests for comment. To avoid infection, F-Secure advised disabling Java on the Mac.

In 2010, a similar Java-applet-based social engineering attack capable of executing malicious code on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers, was used to distribute the Boonana Trojan program.

Apple also noted that Oracle would ultimately be responsible for the distribution of Java SE 7, including the versions available for Mac OS X (previously, Apple kept this responsibility to itself).