Update: The GM release of Leopard handles these files differently than pre-release developer builds did. This still won’t protect you from rogue installers though. That involves more social engineering and less design error.by Jon | Add a comment | Posted in apple, exploits, mac, malware, security
If you can get some unsuspecting user, on any operating system, to install your software, you can gain complete control of their computer. There is a grey zone between trusting third-party developers and being trusting of any third-party (to the point of installing a trojan). Everyone should exercise caution when it comes to installing anything, [...]by Jon | Add a comment | Posted in apple, exploits, hack, mac, malware, security
Intego is reporting that there is a Mac OS X trojan on some porn sites that is masquerading as video codec installer for Quicktime. OSX.RSPlug.A (also known as OSX_DNSCHAN.A) is being distributed as a DMG which contains an installer package. Once the installer is run with administrator privileges, the computers DNS settings are altered to [...]by Jon | Add a comment | Posted in exploits, mac, malware, security
There is an interesting read over at Network World concerning some recent discoveries pertaining to the Storm Worm botnet. The worm can figure out which users are trying to probe its command-and-control servers, and it retaliates by launching DDoS attacks against them, shutting down their Internet access for days, says Josh Korman, host-protection architect for [...]by Jon | Add a comment | Posted in exploits, malware, security, worm
I had a chance to play with a developer’s install of Leopard recently. I like some of the new features, but there are others such as Time Machine that I won’t be able to fully review until my copy of Leopard arrives on October 26. If you read my previous article about malicious files masquerading [...]by Jon | Add a comment | Posted in apple, exploits, mac, malware, security, shell script
**If you are looking for the actual iPhone v2 (iPhone 3G), check out the WWDC08 coverage.** I’m making available some Leopard screenshots, spy photos of the second revision of the iPhone, and the proposed pricing schedule for new models. . Download here. . .by Jon | 3 comments | Tags: exploits, iphone v2
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