Peder Kristensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A new computer worm targeting Apple Computer's Macintosh computers
has been identified for the second time in one week, security experts
said. see link
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?
CIaNID=30395&eid=1&edate=20060222
"Identified", in the sense that it's a proof of concept worm with a
release that gives every appearance of having been deliberately timed
for maximum FUD.
Is it just me (as a single user on large suburban block, not a sysadmin
with a pile of users to mollycoddle) that's not particularly
terror-struck by the thought of laboratory-produced Bluetooth trojans
exploiting holes patched long ago and requiring significant user
interaction to run?
No, it's not just you. I think it's another slow news day, and
something even vaguely dodgy on the Mac that can be beaten up into a
story makes for easy pickings for lazy journalists. Especially as the
anti-virus vendors will be happy to help talk it up. I could write a
program that erases your hard drive and mail it out to people and
tell them to run it and it would be about as effective.
Imagine if we got a news story for every piece of PC malware!
Have fun,
Shay (off to do something more productive with his Mac)
PS- Although the Bluetooth worm was spotted in the wild in Perth today :)
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