Web Exploit Found That Customizes Attack For Windows, Mac, and Linux

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 10, 2012 @06:23AM from the making-everyone-feel-special dept.

phaedrus5001 writes with this quote from Ars: "Security researchers have found a live Web exploit that detects if the target is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and drops a different trojan for each platform. The attack was spotted by researchers from antivirus provider F-Secure on a Columbian transport website, presumably after third-party attackers compromised it. The unidentified site then displayed a signed Java applet that checked if the user's computer is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. Based on the outcome, the attack then downloads the appropriate files for each platform."

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Re:Web exploit... by jellomizer · 2012-07-10 06:46 · Score: -1, Troll

You betcha. The average Linux user who thinks he is Ultra Tech Savvy, will be browsing the network think he is invincible, he would click on the link, to just laugh at all those Lame Mac and Windows users getting infected.

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Re:OSX does NOT have common sense default by smash · 2012-07-10 18:02 · Score: -1, Troll

It's off by default in Linux as well.

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