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Trojan Hides In Pirated Copies of Apple iWork '09
CWmike writes "Pirated copies of Apple's new iWork '09 suite that are now available on file-sharing sites contain a Trojan horse that hijacks Macs and leaves them open to further attack, a security company said yesterday. The 'iServices.a' Trojan hitchhikes on iWork '09's installer, said Intego, which makes Mac security software. 'The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer's request of an administrator password,' Intego said in a warning. Once installed, the Trojan "phones home" to a malicious server to notify the hacker that the Mac has been compromised, and to await instructions."
The iPwn!
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Sometimes I wonder if companies that create security software aren't sometimes guilty of either creating or funding the creation of viruses, trojans, worms, &c. simply to justify their own existence.
Is that cynical?
This requires user action and piracy.
So does 99.99% of windows malware.
No one can -ever- claim that -any- computer is safe from, essentially, social engineering.
Again right. But what's the solution? That is the real question.
Because this is the ecosystem microsoft lives in, we've seen what they're trying... digital signatures on drivers, the inability to put admin items in your startup, UAC prompts... etc, etc.
What is Apple going to do in response to inevitable arrival of social-engineering malware as it gains marketshare?
What is Linux going to if/when it acheives enough marketshare among joe-sixpacks for social engineering to be profitable?
As much as /. likes to take shots at Microsoft, what would you do better? *nix security is just as vulnerable to social engineering as windows is, given the same users.
Just this week.
A worm differs from a virus only in so much that it doesn't need to copy itself into a system program. For all intents and purposes however, the difference between the two terms is antiquated.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Um most pirated software is clean of malware. The primary vectors are email and infected websites (often reputable ones that are compromised themselves, often due to sketchy)
The "piracy has VIRUSES!" myth is very much a content industry creation. I'm more concerned about malware in "genuine" software than pirated, and one more reason that I pirate things when I do. Of course, you -are- running an executable from a total stranger. At least "genuine" software makers have it tied to their name, so this could easily become truer.
Given that all three OSes have sudo, social engineering will ALWAYS work. Unless we take sudo away from average users (which is far easier to get away with on linux than windows and still have everything work smoothly)
If you're really paranoid, you might consider running your browser and mail client in a virtual machine
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As long as there are crackers without girlfriends in the world, they don't need to.
I propose starting a new anti-virus company that will focus on dates for crackers rather than OS security.
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Then you don't get the trojan from iWorks, but from the keygen that further frustrates you by playing an annoying and loud tune while you go through the serial generating process.
Note to keygen creators: I do not want to hear your brother's crappy techno remixes when using your app. Is there some way I can pay you to disable this feature?
I don't know about angles, but it's fear that gives men wings. -Max Payne
Note to keygen creators: I do not want to hear your brother's crappy techno remixes when using your app. Is there some way I can pay you to disable this feature?
Erm, you can indeed. You can pay money to buy a legit serial number - voila - no crappy techno music.
-Em
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Their alert, unlike every other antivirus company alert, does not tell you how to remove the trojan.
Nice.
sudo -s (enter password) /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices
/private/tmp/.iWorkServices
/usr/bin/iWorkServices
/Library/Receipts/iWorkServices.pkg
rm -r
rm
rm
rm -r
killall -9 iWorkServices
(Actually, I think all of my software is totally legit except for Photoshop, and I plan to buy it eventually)
We all plan to buy Photoshop.
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