View source for OSX/Flashback - The first malware to infect hundreds of thousands of Apple Mac

{{Publication
|Botnet=Flashback,
|Year=2012
|Date=2012-09-19
|Editor=ESET
|Link=http://www.eset.com/us/resources/white-papers/osx_flashback.pdf
|Author=Pierre-Marc Bureau,
|Type=White paper
|Abstract=The Apple OS X operating system, like all operating systems, can become a
victim of malicious software. Before OSX/Flashback there had been a few
documented cases of malware targeting OS X, but so far OSX/Flashback
has claimed the greatest number of victims. In this article we describe
the most interesting technical characteristics of this threat, particularly
its method of spying on network communications and its algorithms for
dynamically generating domain names. We also summarize the significant
timeline milestones of this malware whose life cycle has persisted over
several months.
}}