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mac trojan in-the-wild Oct 31 2007 11:21PM
Gadi Evron (ge linuxbox org) (3 replies)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 12:14AM
Thor (Hammer of God) (thor hammerofgod com) (2 replies)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 12:52AM
Jim Harrison (Jim isatools org) (1 replies)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 01:04AM
Gadi Evron (ge linuxbox org)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 01 2007 09:49PM
Alex Eckelberry (AlexE sunbelt-software com) (3 replies)

Re: [Full-disclosure] mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 01:36AM
Peter Besenbruch (prb lava net) (1 replies)

Re: [Full-disclosure] mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 02:13AM
Paul Schmehl (pauls utdallas edu)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 12:37AM
Roger A. Grimes (roger banneretcs com) (1 replies)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 02 2007 05:18AM
Thor (Hammer of God) (thor hammerofgod com) (1 replies)

the heart of the problem [was: RE: mac trojan in-the-wild] Nov 02 2007 02:35AM
Gadi Evron (ge linuxbox org)

Re: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 01 2007 10:27PM
nnp (version5 gmail com)

Re: [Full-disclosure] mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 01 2007 11:44PM
Peter Besenbruch (prb lava net)

Re: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 01 2007 08:57PM
Matthew Leeds (mleeds theleeds net) (2 replies)

Let's see now, user must:

1) Navigate to porn site
2) Download Trojan
3) Either open file or have set 'Open Safe Files...'
4) Must allow install by typing admin password

Oh yeah, this will clearly hit Mac users hard, not. I don't see this as a big deal, more as Darwin in action (if you will not mind the pun). How this is a big deal is hard to see. Just a few more machines in the bot net.

Now a self-replicating virus, that might be an issue, but this is a dead end. Not even a very effective drive by.

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On 10/31/2007 at 6:21 PM Gadi Evron wrote:

>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.ht
ml
>http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/mackanapes-can-now-can-feel-pai
n-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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Re: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 01 2007 11:36PM
Nick FitzGerald (nick virus-l demon co uk)

RE: mac trojan in-the-wild Nov 01 2007 09:47PM
Alex Eckelberry (AlexE sunbelt-software com)