Due to the recent attacks on Apple products such as Mas's and iPads to mention a few, I have decided to try and give a few tips on how you can protect yourself.

Where is the problem?

The main problem is that most people think; "Apple can't get infected with anything", and an even bigger issue is that the computer shops and malls still tells people that this is a fact. Unfortunately this is one of the main reasons why the malicious code and software can spread as fast as it does. Another problem being that you have a Mac computer and you syncronize it with your iPad, iPhone, iPod etc. thus spreading it even faster.

The software security firm ESET said that hackers have successfully modified an older Linux malware for Mac OS X.

OSX / Tsunami.A is a new variant of Linux / Tsunami, which is a malicious software that takes control over the computer and uses the machine's network connection to attack websites.

Like its Linux-based predecessors Tsunami seems to be communicating via Internet Relay Chat, or IRC.

Hard coded list

The malware listens to a hard coded list of IRC channels on specific servers and responds to specific commands that other participants in the chat room type.

When the command comes, the infected computers are instructed to attack individual websites by sending a large number of simultaneous requests.

It is better known as a "distributed denial of service attack" (or a live Apple event); the huge number of simultaneous requests to a single website can cause it to crash or go offline.

What's worse is that ESET has detected that tsunamis can force your computer to download even more malware or other software.

The company also said that its antivirus software, ESET Cyber ​​Security for Mac that can detect and remove the malware.

Be on the safe side and make sure you only install software from sources you trust.

Apple users have been boasting about having the worlds safest gadgets, but that time now seems to be over.

With Apple's success they will also attract more unwanted attention from hackers. For the time being Apple has created a huge "untouched" market for computer criminals after iPads, iPhones and the popular Macs have gained significant market shares from the competition.

This is surely only the beginning after the cyber-criminals have spotted Apple as a new lucrative marked with millions of users.

Disguised virus

It is a virus-type Trojan, that F-Secure has found. Trojans are malicious software which is packaged into an innocent wrapping. And that is tailored to attack Apple.

This Trojan has been named Flashback.C pretending to be an installation file for the famous Adobe Flash Player, but instead it is a virus that disables the automatic update of the Apple operating system OSX's own built-in security system, thus leaving it open and vulnerable.

This virus infects only Apple's Mac computers, but iPads and iPhones are also in danger of being hit by hacker attacks, especially if users disable the built-in protection that many choose to do in order to install apps that are not authorized by Apple. This can be done using a so-called jailbreak.