A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.

[David_B]

Multi-platform virus strains that infect Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
machines are extremely rare but not unprecedented. One example include
the recent Crisis super-worm. Creating a strain of malware that infects
Mac OS X and Linux machines but not Windows boxes seems, frankly, weird
given the sizes of each operating system's userbase - unless the virus
has been designed for some kind of closely targeted attack on an
organisation that uses a mix of the two Unix flavours.

Analysis work on the Wirenet-1 is ongoing and for now it's unclear how
the trojan is designed to spread. Once executed, it copies itself to the
user's home directory, and uses AES to encrypt its communications with a
server over the internet. ®

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...ux_mac_trojan/

[Aardvark]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100, David_B wrote:

> A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.

LOL.



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those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with
any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt
and indecision" -Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

[David_B]

Aardvark wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100, David_B wrote:
>
>> A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.
>
> LOL.


It's no laughing matter, I assure you!

*Everything* you do and say is being monitored, of that I'm fairly certain.

[Aardvark]

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:32:09 +0100, the cowardly, slimy fugitive ****
wrote:

> Aardvark wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100, the cowardly, slimy fugitive ****
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.
>>
>> LOL.
>
>
> It's no laughing matter, I assure you!
>

If it wasn't, I wouldn't be ****ing laughing, would I?

> *Everything* you do and say is being monitored, of that I'm fairly
> certain.

LOL. You're a ****ing idiot.



--
"One of the painful things about our time is that
those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with
any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt
and indecision" -Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

[David_B]

Aardvark wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100, David_B wrote:
>
>> A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.
>
> LOL.

“Personal email accounts often contain the keys to your online kingdom.
Not only can criminals gain access to everything in your inbox, they can
also reset your passwords for any other online site you may use by
clicking the ‘forgot your password’ link, intercepting those emails and
effectively locking you out of your own accounts,�

..... says Adam Palmer, Norton Lead Cybersecurity Advisor.

“Protect your email accordingly by using complex passwords and changing
them regularly.�

http://www.symantec.com/about/news/r...id=20120905_02

[Aardvark]

On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:24:26 +0100, the cowardly, slimy fugitive ****
wrote:

> Aardvark wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100, the cowardly, slimy fugitive ****
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.
>>
>> LOL.
>
> <SNIP IRRELEVANT RANDOM ****>

Stay on ****ing topic, you ****ing idiot.

--
"One of the painful things about our time is that
those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with
any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt
and indecision" -Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

[Bear]

David_B <David_B@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:X_-dnWgXUNC3XdXNnZ2dnUVZ8tydnZ2d@bt.com:

> Aardvark wrote:
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100, David_B wrote:
>>
>>> A potential dangerous Linux and Mac OS X cross-platform trojan.
>>
>> LOL.
>
> Personal email accounts often contain the keys to your online kingdom.
> Not only can criminals gain access to everything in your inbox, they can
> also reset your passwords for any other online site you may use by
> clicking the ‘forgot your password link, intercepting those emails and
> effectively locking you out of your own accounts,
>
> .... says Adam Palmer, Norton Lead Cybersecurity Advisor.
>
> Protect your email accordingly by using complex passwords and
> changing them regularly.
>
> http://www.symantec.com/about/news/r...id=20120905_02

That's interesting. I haven't heard of a cross platform trojan before.

Bear
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