'Opener' Malware Targets OS X 400
the_webmaestro writes "Macintouch.com is covering the "opener" malware, a new and potential vulnerability which affects Mac OS X. If true (it's not on HoaxBusters yet), this could become a Mac user's worst nightmare... Worse even than Microsoft Word macro viruses (heretofore the only real 'viruses' which threatened Mac users)! Normally, when ever I'd see virus alerts, I'd revel in the fact that as a Mac user, I was immune (except for the slow-down of the net, the loss in productivity of my colleagues, and the increase in SPAM--often coming from my friends and colleagues). [Sigh] Perhaps, my days of telling friends and family that there are no viruses for Macs may be coming to an end. There have been stories."
Anti-Virus (Score:5, Funny)
Re: All machines are vulnerable to this (Score:5, Funny)
> I'm not sure how this qualifies as a vulnerability. If you read the actual discussion linked, it's very clear that this is a root kit installed after someone already has root access on your machine. How did it suddenly become a vulnerability that if you have root access to someones machine, you can write a script that will automatically install a bunch of malware?
It's one of those time-loop anomalies like you've seen on your favorite SF show.
Re: FUD... (Score:5, Funny)
> this is Slashdot, you should know tthe possibilities of bash scripting.
And of script bashing as well.
Burn them! (Score:2, Funny)
Oh wait... you said Apple, not Microsoft. Well in that case, let me just say that the user interface for this exploit is FAR more intuitive than it is for Windoze. And it's also a lot more flexible, thanks to Darwin. In fact, it wouldn't even be possible under Windoze, surely demonstrating once again how much better OS-X is. And anyway, it's not really a virus... more of a feature, really. A mal-feature.
Nice script (Score:5, Funny)
#!/bin/bash
Oooooooh, trippy code!
Re:Worst. virus. ever (Score:5, Funny)
Re:As Nelson would say. (Score:5, Funny)
I find I can get through it quicker and be more productive at work that way! :D
Re: "Administration" Password Problem... (Score:3, Funny)
Uhh... gee I hope when we were kids you never invited me over to build sand castles with you.
Funny... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Worst. virus. ever (Score:1, Funny)
XMLSpy Enterprise, BBEdit, TextPad, Photoshop, Acrobat, The GIMP, Studio MX 2004 (Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash & Freehand), Homesite (v1.0 beta tester!), Notepad, MS Office XP Expert, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mozilla/Thunderbird, InDesign, PageMaker, Quark, OpenOffice.org, Visio, Outlook/Exchange Server, vi, Shell/Batch Scripting, Search Engine Submission/Placement & Removal
Wow.
Let me add to my skills!
Switching on the computer, inserting a CD-ROM, English (written AND spoken), bathing, brushing my teeth....
Man, sheesh. Worst part is that HR people look for keywords such as this, and this guy would probably land a better job than someone who does not bother mentioning these things.
advanced software! (Score:2, Funny)
wow, looks likes some really sophisticated piece of software which can actually decrypt MD5 passwords! ;-)
Ricardo.Real Virus (Score:3, Funny)
(Seriously, we seem to have forgotten this is an analogy... don't make me communicate some worms!)
Re:Mac owners are like Volvo drivers... (Score:5, Funny)
Given the desire for American and European militaries to become much more mobile and urban-friendly, it would have made so much more sense to switch to a Volvo hatchback. The milage might not have been as good as they've been used to, though.
warning: contains destructive virus (Score:2, Funny)
rm *.*
It requires root privileges.
Please forgive me if you can.
Re: FUD... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:warning: contains destructive virus (Score:5, Funny)
The source code for the virus is:
rm
To counter this, Russian spammers have written an even more harmful version of the first virus, containing hidden taunts at the author of the second virus. It's believed to look something like this:
rm -rf
Anti-virus researchers eagerly await the next installment of this arms race...
The response from Cupertino (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All machines are vulnerable to this (Score:4, Funny)
#!/bin/sh /
rm -Rf
Oh no!! That anonymous coward is spreading the OS X virus on the internet! I must be infected too now. Please, for your own good, close this browser window immediately!!!
Re:All machines are vulnerable to this (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, there have been a handful of legitimate exploit viruses. Thankfully if you keep Auto-Update on, these will automatically be patched within days of discovery of the exploit (or even the same day). And no one is immune to this.
Some months ago OSX had a privilidge elevation exploit in their OS, which they patched quickly, thankfully. Funny thing is, if you read the patch description, it says 'improving the user interface'.
Re:Lame script kiddie (Score:4, Funny)
{karma burnoff time}
Is that before, or after they run the script?
Re:Worst. virus. ever (Score:4, Funny)
Shoot.... I guess I should take "proficiency with pencil and paper" off of mine.
Re:All machines are vulnerable to this (Score:4, Funny)
I just noticed that you have "." in your $PATH.
MUH, HA, HA, HA!
Re:"OS X virus" is the new "Apple is dying" (Score:3, Funny)
Better yet, they also tell us the reason why there isn't one is because nobody cares about the first virus on Mac.
lemme sum this up for the non-technicial people. (Score:5, Funny)
[*]Requires Correct Keys to Car!
Re:Nice script (Score:2, Funny)
Wrong name!!!!!11 (Score:3, Funny)
Sheesh! How dumb is youse anyways?!?!?!1 Ita called teh INTERNETS, moran!
Malware? Virus? BS! (Score:5, Funny)
Whichever of the
Thanks slashdot - problem SOLVED! (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory Haiku (Score:2, Funny)
Hot air, FUD and a bash script
Run as root user.