Newly discovered 4th member of the OSX_JAHLAV malware family.

Cleo · 2009-08-13, 01:45 PM

So far none of this affects users other than the ones dumb enough to enter their administration user ID and password when the Trojan needs it to be installed.

It's pretty easy to write malware for the Mac. You can write stuff in AppleScript that enters commands in Terminal, even I can do that, but unless you can trick the user into giving out their user ID and password you can't really do anything.

This all reminds of the Phishing scams that try to trick you into giving your personal information. Unless you are dumb enough to fall for them they are nothing more than an annoyance.

2009-08-13, 01:45 PM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	So far none of this affects users other than the ones dumb enough to enter their administration user ID and password when the Trojan needs it to be installed. It's pretty easy to write malware for the Mac. You can write stuff in AppleScript that enters commands in Terminal, even I can do that, but unless you can trick the user into giving out their user ID and password you can't really do anything. This all reminds of the Phishing scams that try to trick you into giving your personal information. Unless you are dumb enough to fall for them they are nothing more than an annoyance. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289