New Targeted Mac OS X Trojan Requires No User Interaction 322
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An anonymous reader writes "Another Mac OS X Trojan has been spotted in the wild; this one exploits Java vulnerabilities just like the Flashback Trojan. Also just like Flashback, this new Trojan requires no user interaction to infect your Apple Mac. Kaspersky refers to it as 'Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a' while Sophos calls it at 'SX/Sabpab-A.'"
No user interaction (Score:5, Funny)
So, what you're saying is, It Just Works?
Rubbish names. (Score:5, Funny)
Kaspersky refers to it as 'Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a' while Sophos calls it at 'SX/Sabpab-A.'
Those names are very un-Apple. How about just 'iTrojan'.
Or, to avoid confusion with the previous trojan...
'The New iTrojan.'
Re:Missing from summary (Score:3, Funny)
Group hug for the unhappy, disaffected AC!
We love you!
Fix Available (Score:5, Funny)
Fix available here [microsoft.com].
Re:Missing from summary (Score:5, Funny)
Two ints and a float are in a bar. They spot an attractive double on her own.
The first int walks up to her. “Hey, baby”, he says, “my VM or yours”. She slaps him and he walks back dejected.
The second int walks over. “Hey, cute-stuff, can I lick your Bean?”. After a quick slapping, he too walks back.
The float then ambles over casually. “Were those two primitive types bothering you?”, he remarks.
“Yes. I’m so glad you’re here”, she says. “They just had no Class!”
Borrowed from somewhere else...
Re:Fix Available (Score:5, Funny)
Good point, a Mac user is already used to not being able to use any of the software his friends do.
Re:Missing from summary (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Missing from summary (Score:5, Funny)
I look down, and realize my dong is long enough not to care about anyone else's insecurities.
Re:My semi-regular Mac accounts post (Score:4, Funny)
Mac users need to stop running their day-to-day stuff under Administrator accounts. Create a new account (if your account is "joe", call this new one "joe_admin"); give it admin permissions; make sure you can log in with it; then (and ONLY then!) remove the admin permissions from your personal account. And then... keep using the same account you've always been using.
Mac Users put things like this in the "too hard" basket, Macs are simple, easy to use and Automagically Secure(TM) and how dare you suggest they do something as complex and take responsibility for themselves. Who do you think they are, Windows users.
Re:Missing from summary (Score:3, Funny)
IE: OSX is about to enter its Win98 era.
I wouldn't believe anything you hear from Internet Explorer.