Panic? Don't panic. More fake vulnerabilities, this time from ZDNet. Where is that botnet?
Is it in Symantec labs?
Yawn! This article says this supposed trojan needs to run as root. On all Macs, root is
disabled by default. How many people know how to enable the root account on a Mac, have
done so, and would be foolish enough to provide the root password to software they
downloaded from a source that's known for malware?
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:33:07 -0400
From: Kurt T
ZDNet has a story (and several related articles) about how Symantec
has discovered evidence of an all-Mac based botnet that is actively
involved in a DoS (denial of service) attack. Apparently, security on
the exploited Macs (aka "iBots"?) was compromised when users
bit-torrented pirated copies of iWork '09 and Photoshop CS4 that
contained malware.
From the article: '...this is the 'first real attempt to create a Mac
botnet' and the zombie Macs are already being used for nefarious
purposes."
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157
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