Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Mac Worm Author Gets Death Threats

Posted by kdawson on from the stranger-and-stranger dept.

StonyandCher write(s) to spread news about the strange story of the reported Apple OS X worm, which is growing stranger by the day. The blog of the researcher who claimed to have created the malware reportedly received death threats. The blog was then hijacked, according to the researcher, who calls him/herself InfoSec Sellout. InfoSec blamed David Maynor for hacking the blog. For his part, Maynor apparently unmasked himself as "LMH" and InfoSec as Jon Ramsey. The post to the Fuzzing mailing list has not been independently confirmed.
Update: 07/19 13:48 GMT by KD : David Maynor wrote in and denies that he is LMH.

4 of 244 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Note to self by Ngarrang · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't cross a mac fanboy.... And don't stand between two people having a KDE vs. GNOME argument. It is a shame to see two geeks fight. Remember kids, "Fan Boy" is not a compliment.
    --
    Bearded Dragon
  2. Re:Note to self by canUbeleiveIT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wonder what you would get if we mixed a Linux fanboy and an atheist...oh, never mind it would be a slashdork living in his mother's basement.

    Now, let's see if this gets modded "Funny" like your post or "Flamebait."

  3. Re:Should have picked a softer target by superbus1929 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who the fuck modded this down as a troll? Is this the week the Apple fanboys got all the mod points or something?

    --
    Let's stop dilly-dallying and just change "-1: Overrated" to "-1: Disagree" or "-1: Doesn't Subscribe to Groupthink".
  4. Yikes, this is news? by CleverBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I report that iPhone.com gets acquired by Apple... not news, but virus writer gets death threats, and random rumors and hackery... that's news. Interesting. Don't submit to Slashdot. Got it.