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Fake Codec is Mac OS X Trojan

Posted by Zonk on from the search-safely dept.

Kenny A. writes "Multiple news organisations are reporting on an in-the-wild Mac OS X malware attack that uses porn lures to plant phishing Trojans on Mac machines. The attack site attempts to trick users into download a disk image (.dmg) file disguised as a codec that's required for viewing the video. If the Mac machine's browser is set to to open 'Safe' files after downloading, the .dmg gets mounted and the Installer is launched. The target must click through a series of screens to become infected but once the Trojan is installed, it has full control of the machine."

12 of 473 comments (clear)

  1. Keyloggers? by C0rinthian · · Score: 3, Funny

    In my Macintosh? It's more likely than you think.

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. Re:You get what you deserve. by C0rinthian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or smart enough. Stupid people wouldn't make it through the install process. "Next" buttons are hard.

  4. Lame excuse for a "trojan" by monkeyboythom · · Score: 5, Funny

    the Mac machine's browser is set to to open 'Safe' files after downloading, the .dmg gets mounted and the Installer is launched. The target must click through a series of screens to become infected

    That's like saying that Troy had to put their enemies in the horse, then drag it up to the gate, drag it through and then offer a soft cushy landing spot for warriors coming out of the horse.

  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

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  6. Downloads from porn sites by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about you, but if grandmagoldenshowers.com recommends that I download software, I do. If my operating system give me a detailed warning about the software that I downloaded from the porn site, I disregard it. And if I'm forced to authenticate the installation, I do.

    Porn sites have given me hours of free orgasms at my desk, why wouldn't I blindly trust them?

    Oh and I also always give my credit card and social security number to Ebay when they're having problems with my account and they direct me to www.secureauthenticate.ebay.com.

    --
    "Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
    1. Re:Downloads from porn sites by martin_b1sh0p · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh and I also always give my credit card and social security number to Ebay when they're having problems with my account and they direct me to www.secureauthenticate.ebay.com.

      Oh man you've been had!!! Every time I give them my SSN and CC it's at www.ebay.secureauthenticate.com. Obviously the site you have listed is a bogus / malware site!!!

    2. Re:Downloads from porn sites by greyhueofdoubt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Porn sites have given me hours of free orgasms at my desk, why wouldn't I blindly trust them?


      Intended or not, that was the best play on words in this thread :)

      -b
      --
      No offense, but I've stopped responding to AC's.
  7. Re:But does it matter? by bloobloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's on a Mac. Of course it's Darwinian.

  8. Click through... by SteeldrivingJon · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The target must click through a series of screens"

    And engage in a specific pattern of toe-tapping and handwaving.

    --
    September 2011: Looking for Cocoa/iOS work in Boston area Cocoa Programmer Quincy, MA
  9. Mac users watch porn? by r_jensen11 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought that, given their hip status, that they'd be having sex instead of watching porn. Does this make them as pathetic as Windows users, yet?

  10. Re:What's the sound of a thousand eyes rolling? by necro2607 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What's the sound of a thousand eyes rolling?"

    Jeez, I don't know, but it probably sounds pretty damn disgusting. Gross! :(