[IP] mac trojan in-the-wild

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
Date: October 31, 2007 7:23:55 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: mac trojan in-the-wild

For whoever didn't hear, there is a Macintosh trojan in-the-wild being  
dropped, infecting mac users.
Yes, it is being done by a regular online gang--itw--it is not yet  
another proof of concept. The same gang infects Windows machines as  
well, just that now they also target macs.

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/screenshot-of-new-mac-trojan.html
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/mackanapes-can-now-can-feel-pain-of.html

This means one thing: Apple's day has finally come and Apple users are  
going to get hit hard. All those unpatched vulnerabilities from years  
past are going to bite them in the behind.

I can sum it up in one sentence: OS X is the new Windows 98. Investing  
in
security ONLY as a last resort losses money, but everyone has to learn  
it for themselves.

Gadi Evron.


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