> For whoever didn't hear, there is a Macintosh trojan in-the-wild being > dropped, infecting mac users. > Yes, it is being done by a regular online gang--itw--it is not yet > another > proof of concept. The same gang infects Windows machines as well, just > that now they also target macs. > > http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/screenshot-of-new-mac- > trojan.html > http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/mackanapes-can-now-can-feel- > pain-of.html > > This means one thing: Apple's day has finally come and Apple users are > going to get hit hard. All those unpatched vulnerabilities from years > past > are going to bite them in the behind. Let's not over-hype this-- while "Apple's day" has been coming, saying that users will be "hit hard" on something the user has to manually download, manually execute, and explicitly grant administrative privileges to is *way* over the top. > I can sum it up in one sentence: OS X is the new Windows 98. Investing > in > security ONLY as a last resort losses money, but everyone has to learn > it > for themselves. Not "the new Windows 98" by a long shot - saying that is just irresponsible. While Apple is not used to dealing with security in the same way that other companies are, comparing OSX to Windows 98 is not only a huge technical inaccuracy, but you also insult MAC users out there. OSX had "UAC-like unprivileged user controls" way before Vista did - let's not try to start some holy-war on this like people have tried to do with Windows vs Linux in the past. If you want to report this, then report it-- but say what it is, a totally lame user-must-be-drunk "exploit" that requires that all manner of things go wrong before it works -- otherwise people will think that you've dressed up as Steve Gibson for Halloween. t
