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Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack

Posted by timothy on from the but-wait-you-told-me dept.

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.'"

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  1. Re:Are you sure... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not only that but you can change the trial to retail in the config files after installation and you don't even need serial to register.

  2. Re:Instant Karma... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey moderators: Get this: It would have been a flamebait, if it were an insult. But if it is true, it is not. If it is to true, how about stating that I was wrong, and why. Because then I would have the chance to analyze and possibly accept that, and change my mind.

    That way, you're just stupid as fuck yourselves. But somehow I should have expected that from my previous experience with /. moderators. (See my previous comments about idiotic moderaition.)

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