[macvoiceover] Re: AppleInsider | Apple quietly includes malware prevention update in Mac OS X 10.6.4
- From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:37:11 -0400
I guess you'd know if your machine was infected with this?
I really know nothing about that kind of stuff.
Nicole
On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Luis Guerra wrote:
> Friday, June 18, 2010
>
> Apple quietly includes malware prevention update in Mac OS X 10.6.4
>
> By
> Katie Marsal
>
> Published: 12:25 PM EST
>
> Apple silently updated its Snow Leopard malware protection in this week's
> Mac OS X 10.6.4 update, targeting a Trojan that disguises itself as iPhoto.
>
> Though the new protection wasn't specifically listed in any of Apple's
> documentation accompanying Mac OS X 10.6.4, security firm Sophos
> discovered the update
> in the XProtect.plist file, which contains signatures of potential Mac
> threats. The new threat, dubbed HellRTS by Apple, has been distributed by
> hackers
> since April in the form of iPhoto.
>
> Referred to as OSX/Pinhead-B by Sophos, the Trojan monitors browser activity
> unbeknownst to Mac users. It also makes a machine remotely accessible to the
> attacker, who can take complete control of the computer.
>
> "If you did get infected by this malware then hackers would be able to send
> spam email from your Mac, take screenshots of what you are doing, access
> your
> files and clipboard and much more," said Graham Cluley, senior technology
> consultant with Sophos.
>
> Cluley took a negative response to Apple's secrecy, suggesting that the
> Cupertino, Calif., company should instead make note that the latest update
> to Snow
> Leopard helps to thwart a potentially dangerous Trojan.
>
> "You have to wonder whether their keeping quiet about an anti-malware
> security update like this was for marketing reasons," he wrote on the
> company's blog.
>
> Last September, Cluley also made note that users
> upgrading to Snow Leopard
> would see their version of Flash for Mac downgraded to an older, less
> secure version. Apple addressed the issue with an update
> a week later.
>
> Malware
>
> Released last August, Snow Leopard came with a built-in
> antimalware feature.
> While the previous version of Mac OS X, Leopard, flagged Internet downloads
> with metadata that alerted users when downloading files from the Web, Snow
> Leopard added an
> additional warning
> when disk images containing known malware installers are opened.
>
> Apple released its latest update for Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.4,
> on Tuesday.
> The security and maintenance update fixed issues that could cause a Mac
> keyboard or trackpad to become responsive, and also resolved a problem that
> could
> prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening.
>
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> http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/18/apple_quietly_includes_malware_prevention_update_in_mac_os_x_10_6_4.html
>
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