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Mac Botnet Launching DDOS Attacks
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157

All because you downloaded the torrent instead of hitting the newsgroups buying legit software.

You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Malware hunters at Symantec have discovered a direct link between a malicious file embedded in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork 09 software and what appears to be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of-service attacks.

Writing in the current issue of Virus Bulletin (subscription required), researchers Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli found two malware variants — OSX.Iservice and OSX.Iservice.B — using different techniques to obtain the user’s password and take control of the infected Mac machine...
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Mac Botnet Launching DDOS Attacks - by Doc - 04-17-2009, 03:06 PM
Re: Mac Botnet Launching DDOS Attacks - by cbelt3 - 04-17-2009, 03:56 PM
Re: Mac Botnet Launching DDOS Attacks - by Doc - 04-17-2009, 03:58 PM

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