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Mac OS X rootkit surfaces
John Leyden, The Register 2004-10-25

One of the first pieces of malicious code targeting Apple's Mac OS X operating system has been discovered. The Mac OS X malware, dubbed Opener, is a rootkit for Mac OS X machines that contains a variety of destructive functionality including a keylogger and backdoor components.

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Mac OS X rootkit surfaces 2004-10-25
Anonymous
Mac OS X rootkit surfaces 2004-10-26
keydet89 (at) yahoo (dot) com [email concealed] (2 replies)
Re: Mac OS X rootkit surfaces 2006-10-29
Anonymous
Re: Mac OS X rootkit surfaces 2006-12-23
Anonymous
It's destructive because with a keyword logger and backdoor you can get into a system and pretty much do your bidding. Get it?

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Mac OS X rootkit surfaces 2004-10-26
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