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Worm Claimed For Apple OS X

Posted by kdawson on from the apple-trees-have-roots-too dept.

SkiifGeek writes "Controversy is slowly building over the development of a claimed new worm that targets OS X systems, dubbed by its inventor Rape.osx. Using a currently undisclosed vulnerability in mDNSResponder, the worm is said to give access to root as it spreads across the local network. As with a number of recent Apple-related security discoveries, the author, InfoSec Sellout, is delaying reporting the vulnerability to Apple until after completing full testing of the worm. While the worm has yet to leave a testing environment (with 1,500 OS X systems), it is bound to join the likes of Inqtana and Leap as known OS X malware."

2 of 398 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hey, be nice now! by Divebus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    **yawn**

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  2. Re:worm in apple? by DudeTheMath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Her name's really Lisa (or was that Lilith?).

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