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New Trojan Horse Targeting OS X
securemac.com — A new Trojan horse targeting OS X has been found in the wild, taking advantage of the recently discovered security vulnerability in Apple Remote Desktop Agent. SecureMac has a writeup on the new Trojan horse and removal instructions.
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- SmilingJess, on 06/20/2008, -2/+4Looks like the Mac users are going to get a taste of what it's like to live in a Windows world.
It was only a matter of time.- joeycerone, on 06/20/2008, -1/+2what are there, like 10,000,000 known windows trojans? I'm not really worried about just 1.
- Sidzilla, on 06/21/2008, -0/+1Said the little boy putting his finger in the leaky dam.
- joeycerone, on 06/20/2008, -1/+2what are there, like 10,000,000 known windows trojans? I'm not really worried about just 1.
- jackshellac, on 06/20/2008, -1/+6I remember the good old days when I never used to worry about my Mac's security.
- susanjane102, on 06/20/2008, -1/+5gosh, i never thought i'd have to worry about this. :(
- slug007, on 06/20/2008, -1/+2Don't download AND run it. Also, run SecureMac AV...
- PoopOnPaul, on 06/20/2008, -1/+1"The user must download and open the Trojan horse in order to become infected."
...well yeah, it's always been possible for your computer to get messed up if you willingly run the program that messes it up.
"To protect your system against this threat, run MacScan 2.5.2 (MacScan is a product of SecureMac)"
Yep, that's what I was looking for. A website that's selling an antivirus program is telling us there's a trojan horse? Big surprise. - clak, on 06/20/2008, -1/+2Mac users hear the same damn thing every year. The flood gates are always on the verge of being opened. The blogosphere always seem to equate the appearance of 1 trojan in OS X to the 140,000 known viruses in Windows. I just roll over in my bed and hit snooze. Here's a brief history of the fear mongering:
2003
"The truth is that the Mac OS is just as vulnerable as Microsoft Windows."—Lance Ulanoff, Security, IT Hub.
2004
"Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined."—By Matthew Broersma, Techworld
2005
"The naming of Apple's Mac OS X to the list of latest warning from security experts to users that Apple's operating system is not immune to threats."—Robert Lemos, Security Focus
"Attacks on Apple's OS X operating system, thought by many who use the Mac to be virtually immune from hackers, are on the rise, according to a report from Symantec, an anti-virus software vendor."—Wired
2006
"Several security researchers have predicted that 2006 will be the year Mac OS X loses its image as a "safe" operating system."—Matthew Broersma, Techworld
"Anti-virus software firm McAfee has identified Mac OS X as a growing target for malware attacks"—John Leyden, The Register.
2007
"There will be a significant rise in virus attacks on both the Mac and open-source platforms, according to renowned security expert, Eugene Kaspersky."—Barry Collins, PC Pro
"After years of relative safety in obscurity, the Apple Mac is becoming an increasingly tempting target for malicious computer hackers, according to a new report published this week."—Kevin Allison, Financial Times
The reality is that the era of serene isolation is ending, partly because of technical changes that increase a Mac's vulnerability to infected documents-and even programs—originally created on a PC."—James Fallow, The Atlantic
We've had this constant fear mongering every year since 2003 and yet, no one has been able to create a REAL virus for OS X. And when I say real, I mean, malicious code that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. If you're stupid enough to download a trojan and open it, after ignoring a warning built into Leopard, which tags files downloaded over the internet, then you deserve to get infected with something like this, but it doesn't mean OS X is any less secure than it's always been and will continue to be for the near future.- Sidzilla, on 06/21/2008, -0/+2Most Windows viruses fall in to that same category. You have to click on an email attachment, click a link to a malicious site, etc. User interaction is not new to virus distribution, and using that as a reason to ignore OSX vulnerabilities is inviting disaster. Mac is making inroads in to the common user community, you know, the grannies and casual users they have been trying to sell to for years. Now they are buying Macs, and their ignorance will be just as detrimental in a Mac environment as it has been in a Windows environment. The days of Macs being for the elite are gone. Welcome to the id10t error prone world of popularity.
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