Follow the Australian Telecommunications scene NEWSLETTER- FREE TRIAL
 |
 Stephen Withers turns his gaze on the world of Apple, with
detours into other aspects of IT and communications as they catch his
attention. |
Technology news and Jobs 
Our Blogs Core Dump More Mac Malware
Our Blogs Core Dump More Mac Malware | More Mac Malware |
|
| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 11 June 2009 | |
  
Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
Sophos says it has received what purported to be the Tored source code, and now claims to provide generic detection for this malware family. Meanwhile, Pareto Logic's Malware Diaries chronicles a 'scareware' campaign that selectively delivers unwanted code to systems running Windows or Mac OS X in the guise of a "Video ActiveX Object" that will play the promised pornographic content from the offending site. Labelled Jahlav-C by Sophos, this little nasty actually installs shell and Perl scripts that communicate with a website to download additional malware. Other members of the Jahlav family have masqueraded as cracks for proprietary applications. So far, scepticism and caution seem enough to keep a Mac free from malware, but there are still some holes waiting to be exploited. For instance, Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative lists five high-impact vulnerabilities that have been acquired and notified to Apple, but which remain unpatched. |
Tags
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
