[muglo] Fwd: [SC] Macintosh Worm


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> From: James Z <jazu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: February 17, 2006 3:41:49 PM EST (CA)
> To: "SuperCard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <SuperCard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [SC] Macintosh Worm
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> Symantec has virus definition file ready to download.
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> James Z.
>
>
> February 17, 2006
> Apple Users: Beware of Leopard Links
> By Sean Michael Kerner
>
> A new Mac OS X worm is slithering around the Internet, apparently  
> trying to
> capitalize on users' curiosity about the upcoming 10.5 "Leopard"  
> operating
> system.
>
> Antivirus vendors Fortinet, McAfee, Sophos, Symantec and others  
> dubbed it
> Leap.A. Security rating firm Secunia has ranked the worm as a "very  
> low
> risk" and major antivirus vendors have provided updates to protect  
> against
> it.
>
> Ken Dunham, director of the rapid response team at iDefense, said  
> the worm
> first appeared on a Mac users site as a link claiming to be  
> screenshots of
> the unreleased Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard system.
>
> The link leads to a file that appears to be a JPEG but is actually  
> the worm
> executable. Once activated, the worm will delete files on the  
> user's Mac and
> send itself to other users via Apple's iChat instant messaging client.
>
> Leap. A is using a relatively new attack vector with Apple's iChat  
> instant
> messaging application. IM based worms are increasingly common on  
> Windows PCs
> but have been nearly non-existent for Mac users.
>
> "Leap.A (CME-4) acts like a combination of a Trojan, virus and  
> worm," Dunham
> commented. "It acts like a Trojan because it masquerades as a JPEG  
> file, a
> virus because it attempts to infect executables, and a worm because it
> attempts to send copies of itself to others via iChat. This last  
> action is
> similar to that of an instant messaging worm on the Windows platform."
> OSX.Leap.A is a worm that targets installs of Macintosh OS X and  
> spreads via
> iChat Instant Messenger program.
> Note: It infects files on the Macintosh OS X version 10.4. The worm  
> will
> execute on Intel Macs, but cannot spread to other systems from these
> machines.
>
> Also Known As:    OSX/Leap-A [Sophos], CME-4, OSX/Leap [McAfee],  
> Leap.A
> [F-Secure]
> Type:    Worm
> Systems Affected:    Macintosh OS X
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