Hi Jim.
The botnet mentioned here was distributed through illegal hack
versions of Apple's new iWorks and adobe's CS4 apps. They were posted
on a P2P torrent, and anyone who became infected is a cheating
thieving worthless piece of CR*P who got the infection because they
were trying to get something for nothing in complete contempt for all
the legal rights of the developers. They deserve everything they get.
What anyone has yet to demonstrate to my satisfaction is an OS X
infection that happened without the user's interaction whatsoever. I
would even accept opening an email and getting infected without
authorizing the installation of some kind of software as a valid claim
to silent propagation.
It simply has not happened yet. I would not say it CANNOT happen. It
just hasn't. Windows is vulnerable partly because of methods of
programming adopted throughout Microsoft's development department that
proved to be very short sighted in terms of security, and also because
Microsoft created ways to install software that could then "hide
itself". Good for Microsoft. Also good for organized crime.
Microsoft also in the past developed a model for silent installs for
the purpose of easy administration, which also when hijacked by a
malicious programmer proves very handy. Finally, Microsoft has used in
XP a method of encryption that has proven very easily crackable. They
use MD5, which can be cracked in as short as 5 minutes using a brute
force dictionary algorithm. The same password in AES128 would take 1.5
trillion years to crack using the same methodology. If you can get to
the password file, you own the computer.
Bob Sneidar
IT Manager
Logos Management
Calvary Chapel CM
On Apr 16, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote:
Mac Users,
Mac must be garnering enough market share to attract the attention
of the
bad guys. This notice came to me via email from PC Tools, who are the
manufacturers of Spyware Doctor, Registry Mechanic, etc. A legitimate
company with very legitimate anti-virus software for PC, and I guess
now for
Mac:
https://email.pctools.com/servlet/website/PersonalizedForm?iJmslE0okLHml_fHJ
_8hm_uLm_TCTX_9NlmhtLkl_vgspgLE.26f7beEINMFoHPHppDkkDJht
Keep yourself covered from the latest threats
Aloha from Hawaii,
Jim Bufalini
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