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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 2004-10-26
keydet89 (at) yahoo (dot) com [email concealed]
"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. Opener (AKA Renepo-A) is a shell script that can't be installed without admin privileges. It isn't spreading."

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