heavyLox Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 * info link http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/art...macosxleap.html First ever virus for Mac OS X discovered OSX/Leap-A worm spreads via iChat instant messaging software OSX/Leap-A uses an image of a JPEG icon to try and fool users. OSX/Leap-A uses an image of a JPEG icon to try and fool users. Experts at SophosLabsâ„¢, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have announced the discovery of the first virus for the Apple Mac OS X platform. The virus, named OSX/Leap-A (also known as OSX/Oompa-A) spreads via instant messaging systems. The OSX/Leap-A worm spreads via the iChat instant messaging system, forwarding itself as a file called latestpics.tgz to contacts on the infected users' buddy list. When the latestpics.tgz archive file is opened on a computer it disguises its contents with a JPEG graphic icon in an attempt to fool people into thinking it is harmless. The worm uses the text "oompa" as an infection marker in the resource forks of infected programs to prevent it from reinfecting the same files. "Some owners of Mac computers have held the belief that Mac OS X is incapable of harboring computer viruses, but Leap-A will leave them shellshocked, as it shows that the malware threat on Mac OS X is real," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Mac users shouldn't think it's okay to lie back and not worry about viruses." Sophos customers have been automatically protected against the worm since 12:25 GMT, 16 February 2006. "This is the first real virus for the Mac OS X platform," continued Cluley. "Apple Mac users need to be just as careful running unknown or unsolicited code on their computers as their friends and colleagues running Windows." Sophos advises all computer users, whether running PCs or Macs, to practise safe computing and keep their anti-virus software updated. *read more about the Virus... http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/osxleapa.html yeayyyy now macs can be wack like'em PCs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 nvm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Saw that this morning on google news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 sorry. i knew there was evidence the macs were opent to worms packed into MP3 files this is the first ive heard of this one... im old and slow give me a break... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by Mainter@Feb 20 2006, 02:48 PM nvm Quoted post jumping the gun are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 iVirus sounds so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 come on you had to know it was coming all you mac users claim your macs are safe like i said so many times in previous post the only reason you were safe is because hackers did not want to waste there time on making a virus because MACS only have 25% of the computer operating system market sense the new one came out using the UNIX kernal they just had to do it and its just a basic trojan virus made at the command line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I don't use iChat, so I'm not sweating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 edit: here http://technovia.typepad.com/technovia/200...ont_mac_si.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4609968.stm http://www.zdnetindia.com/insight/commenta...ies/132034.html http://macenstein.com/default/archives/126 New virus preys on Mac-users’ sense of superiority http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox_Ma...uses/1127167953 Firefox, Mac Not Immune to Flaws, Viruses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I don't think any of us mac people thought the machines were invincible...just entertained that most virus designers didn't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 i like uVirus a little more hahaa fuck macs i gotta listen to my boss yackety yackin all the friggin time about macs are so kewl, they never get viruses you windows users are dumb. i gotta mac. fuckin g5 and it's a bitch. half the programs are bugged to the gills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 alot of mac users get big heads. it was just a matter of time before people started to come back to earth and realize that computers are computers, they get bugs, they get virii, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 ps: i like my pc. :p p.s. heavy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Blaze Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 0wnd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sparoism Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yeah, I read about this a week ago. Shit's crazy. From what I read, it all started from a post on a Mac forum that claimed to have pics of the new, unreleased version of OSX. I'm about to get hooked up with a G4 from my dad- he needs some video editing help, and he's getting a G5, so I get the "old" Mac, I guess. I'm not going to give up on my Linux box, but I'm not gonna turn down a free G4, either....I just won't use it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by harvey wallbanger@Feb 20 2006, 03:05 PM I don't use iChat, so I'm not sweating it. Quoted post word!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by Sparoism@Feb 20 2006, 04:32 PM Yeah, I read about this a week ago. Shit's crazy. From what I read, it all started from a post on a Mac forum that claimed to have pics of the new, unreleased version of OSX. I'm about to get hooked up with a G4 from my dad- he needs some video editing help, and he's getting a G5, so I get the "old" Mac, I guess. I'm not going to give up on my Linux box, but I'm not gonna turn down a free G4, either....I just won't use it online. Quoted post a g4 would be cool to fuck around with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 oh no, not a mac virus, we're all fucked now. PCs for lyfe you pinko commie fayjits! rot in hell, art fags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 oh yeah, i use iChat, and i'm still not sweating it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yeah, the G4 is fun as shit. *In response to Casek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sparoism Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Yeah, I'm kind of excited. It's not too big of a stretch for me since the file structure is UNIX based. Plus, I can finally do some video projects with my GF (who is used to Macs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Wallbanger Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Originally posted by Sparoism@Feb 20 2006, 03:45 PM Yeah, I'm kind of excited. It's not too big of a stretch for me since the file structure is UNIX based. Plus, I can finally do some video projects with my GF (who is used to Macs). Quoted post Yeah, that's why I made "the switch"... I didn't have my own computer for a couple of years, and my girl had a Mac. I used hers for a while, and got so used to it, that when I could finally afford my own shit, I ended up going Powerbook. Damn near broke my poor father's heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sparoism Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I like Linux, but as I said, I shouldn't have any problems getting around. I finally realized that A)the only way I was gonna get good at Linux was if I just got rid of Windows and forced myself to learn, and B) Linux has all the apps I need. I just have to learn how to compile better, then I'm set. But, I'd be crazy to turn down a free G4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Fuck AOL in every way shape and form... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.C.Shadow Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Adium pwns jo0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumy Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 iChat is for toys.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 http://www.4null4.de/110/severe-security-h...safari-browser/ Severe security hole in Apple Safari Browser As the German IT portal heise online conveys, a new security hole in the Safari webbrowser for Apple’s Mac OS X has been discovered. This security hole is rather severe, as it invokes the execution of shell scripts under certain circumstances. Once again the Safari option “open ’safe’ files automatically after download� bears the blame. If this facility runs across a shell script that is missing the so-called Shebang-row, the system won’t ask the user whether to execute the file automatically anymore - it’ll just execute it anyways. Unfortunately you can simply rename a shellscript without a Shebang-row to known-good filetype extensions like JPG or PNG and put that renamed script into a ZIP file - zipping as well an administrative file that’ll connect that file with the shell. A target Mac then “knows� automatically how to open that file if it receives that ZIP - it’ll take it as totally normal to execute the “jpg file� with the shell. To circumvent this issue immediately, you can exercise two countermeasures - the first one is to disable that unsafe option in Safari, the second one is to move the terminal to another place, as the connection between shellscript and terminal has a hardcoded file path to the terminal. Additionally, you should never ever work with administrator privileges - as one should be used to with windoze, this rule of thumb has the same virtues on a Mac as well ;) Currently there are, according to heise, no websites known that try to exploit this issue, but it’ll be just a question of time until there will be some in the net. So don’t take this security hole too easy - it can result in a deletion of important files sooner than you’d expect it. tee hee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Apple: 1 Windows: 2302488713950845783940198375798738547618736575096093838478931759873257932857328957329587.329583544333333333333333333333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sparoism Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Number of known virii/trojans broken down by OS- Windows- 6920 Linux- 459 FreeBSD-55 Mac OSX-3 BeOS-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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