Mac OS

A Windows Trojan has been adapted to infect Mac OS machines, according to the latest report by a security firm Sophos. The malware is being under development to set a backdoor on Macs with hackers behind the scheme seeking for potential buyers.

The author called the malware BlackHole RAT while security experts dubbed it as MusMinim. It is a version of Windows Trojan called darkComet. Net security firm Sophos describes the malware as "very basic", while even its author characterizes the malware as a work in progress.

According to the Financial Times Tuesday report, Google is halting internal use of rival Windows operating system because of security concerns following a Chinese January hacking incident.

As it was reported, the decision to move from Microsoft Corp's Windows to other operating systems including Apple Inc's Mac OS and open-source Linux began in earnest.