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Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack
Cludge writes "ZDNet has a story (and several related articles) about how Symantec has discovered evidence of an all-Mac based botnet that is actively involved in a DOS attack. Apparently, security on the exploited Macs (call them iBots?) was compromised when unwary users bit-torrented pirated copies of iWork 09 and Photoshop CS4 that contained malware. From the article: 'They describe this as the "first real attempt to create a Mac botnet" and note that the zombie Macs are already being used for nefarious purposes.'"
... that somebody didn't do it the old fashion way and post that the website host said bad things about Steve Jobs?
"Common sense will be the death of us all"
it just... BBRRRAAAIINNNNSSS
Hey, I happen to like vi, you insensitive clod!
People who speak in generalities and think only in generalities. Problem is, that's not how the world works.
It does work that way, in general.
A botnet that just works.
The musings of just another geek and his junk.
If your intention is to create a large botnet, you are of course going to target the most popular operating system.
Not exactly. You're going to target the lowest hanging fruit. Which (no pun intended) is steadily becoming an Apple.
We're all hypocrites. We all have hidden parts, it's the contrast between them that make us more a hypocrite than others
It's like STDs - if you're careless and go sticking your junk everywhere without taking precautions, you'll probably catch something cruel, eventually.
That's why I run Linux. Running Linux pretty much rules out any possibility of having sex, and hence any chance of contracting an STD.
I always heard that as PICNIC (Problem In Chair Not In Computer).
Antivirus Protection
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"anyone who trades X for security deserves neither, and shall lose both".
You're talking about the X Window System here, right?
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
Proving that mac users are just as stupid as windows users. No computer is perfect, as long as you have us Americans in front of it! We can break anything!
Zombie Mac: Braaaaiiiinnnssss
Mac fanboy: Joke's on you, I have none
(I'm going to mod point hell for this one)
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