Mac OS X Targeted By Trojan
SecureMac researchers has found Trojan horse that can infect Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. The Trojan horse uses a bug in the Apple Remote Desktop Agent (ARDAgen) which can be exploited by hackers to send any commands into your Mac. Hackers can log keystrokes, take screen shots, take pictures using iSight, enable file sharing and more.
The owner will have his or her Mac infected if the Applescript ASthtv05 is downloaded and executed.
Source: New OS X Trojan Horse in the Wild
Trojans Attack Apple Macs
This is a first for the Steve Job’s Mac OS where internet security firm Intego found a Trojan malware that lures Mac users by masquerading as a codec download. A malware is not a virus, it can’t self-propagate from one machine to another.
From MacWorld: Your machine could be infected if you’ve recently gone looking for some, um, less-than-flattering pictures of Britney Spears. Thinking you’ve found what you’re looking for, you click a video to watch it, only to see a message stating that your machine lacks the necessary codec. A disk image will then start downloading, and (depending on the settings on your machine) may then mount and launch an installer which asks for your admin password.
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