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.'"

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what a troll summary

[saiha]

Is there such a thing as a "mac user" and a "windows user" anymore?

Anyway, you "windows users" get a good laugh off, meanwhile us in the 21st century will continue to use our computers whether they have macos, windows or linux.

Re:Hey, what a surprise

[aliquis]

But lots of mac users know they don't get those things since no-one had bothered to make them and not because it would be impossible. But then for most people the reason they won't get them don't matter that much.

I thought having a mac was like staying away from the inappropriateness of having sex! No games, no fun!

Re:I've got your denial right here.

[Achromatic1978]

I think it's fantastic that the GP points to it "not being a vulnerability because it did what it was told", and is within 30 mins "5: Insightful". A response that says "Well, by that rationale, malicious ActiveX controls aren't vulnerabilities either". Despite being only 10 minutes older, it languishes at "1".

Ahh, Mac fanboys with mod points. Gotta love em.

Re:Sigh

[jaxtherat]

Using a CMS, no. But developing for an open source CMS, yes.

Troll elsewhere dickhead.

Re:Instant Karma...

[osssmkatz]

the iwork installer from apple.com asks for a password too, and yes, it's extremely bad behavior and apple should not do it.