Αυτα που ελεγα μερικους μηνες πριν σχετικα με την ασφαλεια των Mac, αρχισουν και επαληθευονται σιγα σιγα. Απλα δεν περιμενα τοσο γρηγορα να αρχισει το κακο για τους Mac.....
Βεβαια το παρον trojan ειδικα για Mac, ειναι σε πρωιμη μορφη και δεν ειναι μεγαλη απειλη αφου πρεπει να εισαι ηλιθιος για να την πατησεις, αλλα το σημαντικο ειναι οτι πλεον αρχισαν οι "κακοι" να ενδιαφερονται για τα Mac.....
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New Trojan hits Macs where it hurts.Fortress Mac Is Gone.Leopard Has More Holes than Spots.The Double Attack: Windows Attack and now also Mac Attack.------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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In a way, Apple's smug adverts about the rarity of viruses on the Mac might have sealed its platform's fate. The ads could have both helped sell more Macs and
attracted the attention of malware writers all too eager to get their hands on a new, relatively unspoiled platform.
eWeek reports that the first Mac-specific malware exploit has been spotted in the wild. The malware is a Trojan Horse disguised as a video codec, and eWeek says it's floating around some pornography sites, attempting to lure users into downloading it.
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Many Internet surfers learned a lesson when their computers were infected by visiting questionable Web sites. These surfers began using Macs as most malware target the Windows operating system. Well, soon enough, it may not matter which OS you are using.
According to Intego's press release, a Trojan horse has been found on several pornography sites that claims to install a video codec required to view the content on Macs.
Symantec Security Response has also confirmed this, and added detection for the threat as OSX.RSPlug.A.
It appears that the Mac is becoming popular enough that the "bad guys" think it is worth spending time and effort in developing malware for the Mac OS. If we see a rise in Mac malware, then we will have to assume that there are profits to be made in malware for Macs as well. Stay tuned.
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Several pornography sites are loading a Trojan disguised as a video codec required to view content on Macs—the first Mac-targeted malware exploit to be spotted in the wild and
validation of security researchers' long-maintained prediction that, sooner or later, the rationale for Mac security smugness would rub off. "
Users infected by visiting questionable Web sites began using Macs as most malware target the Windows operating system. Well, soon enough, it may not matter which OS you are using," said Symantec's Joji Hamada. ++++++++++
Leopard's firewall is a mess, say researchers, shutting off by default and allowing connections even under "block all." Security has slipped backwards on the evolutionary ladder in Apple's latest Mac OS X release, security researchers say, with Leopard's firewall having more holes than its namesake cat has spots.
"The short answer is the Leopard firewall is ... ugly and a step backwards from 10.4," said Rich Mogull, an independent security consultant and founder of Securosis.
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Tom Ptacek, founder of Matasano Security, told eWEEK that the threat to Macs is real, although it's not a huge one—just the same old scenario Windows users face every day.
It is an interesting story, however, given that it's the first OS X malware to be "weaponized." Unlike prior OS X malware, which was all about ego, this one's out to make money, Ptacek said—again, same old, same old in the world of Windows.
Unsurprisingly, there are more than a few I-told-you-sos ensuing in security circles. "For years, we've heard snorts of derision from Mac users about the poor security of PCs. Yet that supercilious attitude (as we know from our history books) is patently dangerous, because it creates a false sense of security. Now, Mac users will need to be a bit more careful out there ('cause when Joey wants his pr0n, he wants it now!). On the heels of the poorly-secured release of Leopard, we now find that there is no perfect protection against human stupidity social engineering, even for a Mac user," said Alex Eckelberry, Sunbelt president, in an Oct. 31 posting. "Disclaimer: We have a Mac at the house among our many computers. I like Macs. I just don't care much for an attitude of high self-importance."
But as Ptacek has said before and says again, "Matasano laughs at people who buy OS X anti-virus," and this latest Trojan doesn't change that.
"There is virtually no malware targeting Leopard; if we had 100 more 'RSPlug' discoveries in 2007, the malware market share for OS X still wouldn't track the real world market share of OS X itself."
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