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First Native Trojan Horse That Attacks Mac OS X Found
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Posted on 04/09/2004 10:08:07 AM PDT by rs79bm
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:10:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Thanks to Apple Computer's rising star in the world of digital music, Mac OS X has become a target for malware authors.
A Trojan horse, called MP3Concept or MP3Virus.gen, has been discovered that masquerades as an MP3 file. It hides in ID tags of the file and becomes activated when unwary users click on it, expecting to play a digital song.
(Excerpt) Read more at wired.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apple; computersecurity; lowqualitycrap; mac; macuser
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Hmmmm...what will the mac folks think of this?
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:08:08 AM PDT
by
rs79bm
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:10:13 AM PDT
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: rs79bm
They never thought it could happen to them. Alas, it was just that nobody has been that interested in the Mac OS, until now. Hackers have a lot in common with salamikazes -- they'll go for the splashy attacks.
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:10:15 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: rs79bm
"Frist Native Trojan Horse That Attacks Mac OS X Found"
And to think that I trusted Bill Frist!
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:10:43 AM PDT
by
dandelion
To: Mr. Mojo
Ping!
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:12:01 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(--->Islam and Democrats: equally dangerous to Americans<---)
To: r9etb
News Alert: "To keep up with today's changing technology, Symantec is pleased to announce it's release of Norton Antivirus 2004 MAC OS Edition"
I can see it coming!
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:13:14 AM PDT
by
rs79bm
(Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
To: rs79bm
Hmmmm, three years for the frist Trojan? I didn't even know Bill Frist knew how to write a Trojan...
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:13:47 AM PDT
by
null and void
(John f'ing Kerry - More positions than the Kama Sutra...)
Intego made it because they aren't selling their AV software. This is just an underhanded attempt at making $.
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:13:48 AM PDT
by
oolatec
To: rs79bm
I don't use OSX. I don't play MP3s.
And I don't do Windows.
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:13:52 AM PDT
by
auboy
(The 9-11 Commission ain't worth a bucket of warm spit. Make that half a bucket.)
To: dandelion
Trust no-one...
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:14:30 AM PDT
by
null and void
(John f'ing Kerry - More positions than the Kama Sutra...)
To: auboy
"They're all susceptible to viruses and Trojans, just as Windows is," he said. "They just haven’t been targeted yet."
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:17:30 AM PDT
by
rs79bm
(Insert Democratic principles and ideals here: .............this space intentionally left blank.....)
To: null and void
I didn't even know Bill Frist knew how to write a Trojan...LOL!
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:17:48 AM PDT
by
auboy
(The 9-11 Commission ain't worth a bucket of warm spit. Make that half a bucket.)
To: rs79bm
"They're all susceptible to viruses and Trojans, just as Windows is," he said. "They just haven’t been targeted yet."Vanwyk cautioned OS X users not to open e-mail attachments unless they were expecting them.
No joke. I really don't care what OS one chooses to run. I leave that up to personal choice. But anyone to opens an attachment or e-mail they're not expecting, is playing computer roulette.
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:25:43 AM PDT
by
auboy
(The 9-11 Commission ain't worth a bucket of warm spit. Make that half a bucket.)
To: auboy
But anyone to opens an attachment or e-mail they're not expecting, is playing computer roulette.Should read: But anyone who opens an attachment or e-mail they're not expecting, is playing computer roulette.
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:28:57 AM PDT
by
auboy
(The 9-11 Commission ain't worth a bucket of warm spit. Make that half a bucket.)
To: rs79bm
Do Mac users run as root?
With that colorful GUI, do they know what they're running as?
To: r9etb
| Hackers have a lot in common with salamikazes |
Hey I LIKE that word!
To: proxy_user
root is "off" by default.
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:39:16 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
(^_^)
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To: rs79bm
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posted on
04/09/2004 10:45:32 AM PDT
by
general_re
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