Thursday, April 8, 2004
OSX Trojan On The Loose
Posted by Kent Pribbernow in "NEWS" @ 02:30 PM
Well this should finally put the myth of OSX security to rest. The very first (and likely not the last) major Trojan horse has made its public debut on the Mac platform. "Intego told MacCentral today that the code is hidden in the ID3 tag of the MP3 file. The code will only activate when clicked, but once it is, Intego warns the Trojan horse has the potential to delete all of a user's personal files; send an e-mail message containing a copy of itself to other users; and infect other MP3, JPEG, GIF or QuickTime files.
Intego also said that the same technique could be used to infect .jpg or .gif files, although no such cases have been found. Intego has released updated virus definitions to combat the Trojan horse."
What's this? You mean Windows isn't the only platform with security issues? I am shocked! :roll:
