Trojan Pretends to be Flash

Right on the heels of the news of MacDefender company has been taken down by the authorities, a new piece of Mac Malware has been revealed. The malware pretends to be Adobe Flash, and, once installed, will replace google.com with the attacker's own website. The malware is apparently set up to deliver pop-up ads, but it appears as though this functionality is not operational yet.

Fake Google page

Expect Apple to block this quickly, as it did with the multiple versions of the MacDefender malware. Still, until the malware has been blocked, you can prevent it from infecting you by only installing Adobe Flash from Adobe's website. Why would you trust Adobe software downloaded from anywhere else anyway? Like MacDefender, this requires the user to not only download it, but also install it. As long as you only install Flash from Adobe, you'll be fine. 

via CultOfMac