"Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack "|| BREAKING NEWS! || APPLE'S CHERY POPPED! WINDOW'S USERS GET REVENGE AFTER YEARS OF CONCEITED COMMENTS BY FANBOYS!
APPLE'S CHERY POPPED! WINDOW'S USERS GET REVENGE FOR YEARS OF CONCEITED COMMENTS BY FANBOYS.
"OSX Botnet found and there was much rejoicing!" David James -April 16 2009
Ryan Naraine over at the "ZERO DAY" blog reports:
"Malware hunters at Symantec have discovered a direct link between a malicious file embedded in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork 09 software and what appears to be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of-service attacks"
(Read more) Link,
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157
"OSX Botnet found and there was much rejoicing!" David James -April 16 2009
Ryan Naraine over at the "ZERO DAY" blog reports:
"Malware hunters at Symantec have discovered a direct link between a malicious file embedded in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork 09 software and what appears to be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of-service attacks"
(Read more) Link,
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157
Add a Comment
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Comment by XayOn on May 4, 2009 at 11:04pm -
Not at all, mac users tend to think their os is not vulnerable, every os is, that's all, and most important thing: most users are vulnerable :-D
The problem is usually PEBKAC.
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Comment by d@v|d on April 17, 2009 at 2:53pm -
Fanboys suck! [Blind devotion=bad security model!]
I happen to like OSX, and i must say this is NOT a virus of worm, that spreads without user interaction. this exploit seems to prey on dumb end users of trojaned P2P Applications. [Scary! I like my torrented Apps!]
lol, do you all think I am being cruel with this article?
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Comment by Anarchy Angel on April 17, 2009 at 2:56am - haha mac sucks
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