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"WHAT!?? Macs don't get Viruses, have Security Problems!!??"
Pros: Cute, Cheap(ly) made in China,
Cons: LOUSY Video Chipset, Where's the FireWire 800???
Summary: Apple Kool Aid Drinkers apparently have their heads in the sand, or other Dark Places:
?Reports emerge of Mac OS X Trojan horse or worm?
Peter Cohen - MacCentral 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
Reports indicate that someone has let loose a ?Trojan horse? or worm for Mac
OS X users.
?splain this 2
?Second OS X malware emerges?
?A second piece of Mac OS X malware has emerged this week, though this one poses a very limited threat, thanks in part to Apple?s own response. Security software maker F-Secure Corp. describes Inqtana.A, a Java-based ?proof of concept? worm that exploits a vulnerability in Bluetooth on some Macs that haven?t been updated with Panther and Tiger security patches.? (MacCentral)
Macworld Daily News
Monday - March 06, 2006
OS X hacked in minutes
A hacker is claiming to have hacked a Mac OS X server system in under 30 minutes. (By Macworld staff)
The hacker won a Swedish competition last month in which hackers were invited to break into a system. He managed to take root control of the machine - allowing him to delete files and folders and install applications - within six hours of the competition launching.
The hacker calls himself "gwerdna". He told ZDNet Australia: "It probably took about 20 or 30 minutes to get root on the box. Initially I tried looking around the box for certain mis-configurations and other obvious things but then I decided to use some unpublished exploits -- of which there are a lot for Mac OS X."
He said the hacked Mac could have been better protected, but he would still have been able to achieve the result as he used a vulnerability that hasn't yet been recognised or repaired.
He conceded that Apple's best protection against hackers comes from its relatively low market share.
Friday, February 24 2006 @ 10:45 AM PST
Provided by MacFixIt.com
Mac OS X Security flaw round-up
"Zero-day exploit" ("Safari Automatically Executes Shell Scripts") a.k.a the resource fork hole
◦ "Safari Automatically Executes Shell Scripts" vulnerability (zero-day exploit) [#3]: Protective methods, more
◦ Explanation, fixes for "Safari Automatically Executes Shell Scripts" vulnerability; similar to Widget vulnerability
OSX/Inqtana.A, OSX/Inqtana.B, OSX/Inqtana.C
◦ OSX/Inqtana.A, OSX/Inqtana.B worm (#3): Sophos fixes false positive flaw
◦ OSX/Inqtana.A, OSX/Inqtana.B worm (#2): Sophos AntiVirus software generating false positives, wreaking system havoc
◦ OSX/Inqtana.A worm affects older versions of Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) -- not found in wild
Oompa-Loompa Trojan (OSX/Oomp-A or Leap-A)
◦ Oompa-Loompa Trojan (OSX/Oomp-A) [#3]: ClamXav virus definitions updated; When the trojan will ask for an administrator password
◦ Virus protection software makers respond to Oompa-Loompa trojan (OSX/Oomp-A); protective methods
◦ Mac OS X malware "OSX/Oomp-A" discovered.
