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New OS X Backdoor Malware Roping Macs Into Botnet
An anonymous reader writes New malware targeting Mac machines, opening backdoors on them and roping them into a botnet currently numbering around 17,000 zombies has been spotted. The malware, dubbed Mac.BackDoor.iWorm, targets computers running OS X and makes extensive use of encryption in its routines, Dr. Web researchers noted. What's even more interesting is that it gets the IP address of a valid command and control (C&C) server from a post on popular news site Reddit. The malware is capable of discovering what other software is installed on the machine, opening a port on it, and sending a query to a web server to acquire the addresses of the C&C servers.
I'm sure the botnet just works and that its a great feature.....
,,, we're working on global worming.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
>>Does it spread through utter user stupidity
Duh, you have to use a Mac to get it!
Hold on there, now.
Apple pays some fairly smart people to use Macs. It's not all hairdressers and graphics designers.
Well I'm a mac user and I think that you'll find that I am quite superior to you in every way.
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Must have been a PC user who failed to recognize humor and flagged your post flamebait, because Mac users wouldn't make that mistake.
Mac?
Windows 7 is simply Microsoft's best operating system ever. Mac fanboys should worry and circle together in defensive posture.
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