| Tuesday, June 24 2008 |
Nowadays everyone will tell you that most virus, spyware, malware and other malicious definitions are written solely for Windows, but it appears that times have changed a bit. Security experts are warning now about a new Trojan horse released in the wild, targeting Apple operating systems or more specifically Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard (version 10.4 and 10.5). In addition to the usual stuff a trojan can do (run in background, open ports, steal your passwords, replicate etc.) this one can also log what you type in every moment, take screenshots of your active desktop and even take a picture of you using Mac's built-in iSight camera. Here's how it works: AppleScript.THT comes either as a 3.1MB application dubbed AStht_v06 or as a 60KB compiled AppleScript script called ASthtv05. Once started on a Mac OS system it adds itself to the System Login Items and thus runs with root privileges every time the OS is started. Once the system is infected AppleScript.THT also moves itself into the /Library/Caches/ folder. To protect your system against this threat, security experts advice to run SecureMac MacScan 2.5.2 anti-virus software with the latest Spyware Definitions update (2008011). More details on the malicious code and additional removal instructions are posted here.
Source: TG Daily
Source: TG Daily
User comments
Thanks CrAsHnBuRnXp.
by: malware;854416Now that is some scary stuff!:eek:
In addition to the usual stuff a trojan can do (run in background, open ports, steal your passwords, replicate etc.) this one can also log what you type in every moment, take screenshots of your active desktop and even take a picture of you using Mac's built-in iSight camera.
Certainly knew this was coming though, and the trojans that will become more and more prevalent on our communication devices concern me as well...:twitch:
I'm sorry . . . I'd have something more insightful to say, but . . . I'm suppressing a chuckle :p
oh Mac got burned, i knew there stuff was easier to access, see Vista is more secure, things can't do this with a script to gain root system access :D
MS 1 apple 0
MS 1 apple 0
Lol I don't think a trojan can steal your password without a keylogger, so your pretty much repeating yourself. Furthermore, keyloggers aren't some new thing that has popped up on Apples...Every decent trojan will have a keylogger.
"Plagues Apple Mac OS Users"?! Seriously? I've never been plagued by ANYTHING on my Mac, now my PC I can tell you stories about. This "Trojan" requires a user's participation, which most of us are smart enough to avoid. This is NOT widespread by any means. Another interesting point is that I never hear of any Mac trojan/virus announcement that isn't accompanied by an AntiVirus software companies name or product. (Its a scam!).
you just heard of one, and it wasn't a test on the system, your mac market is big enough now for the hackers to care, and they are tired of hearing how secure it is lol. This is the preemptive strike i'd guess
"The Trojan is distributed as either a compiled AppleScript, called ASthtv05 (60 KB in size), or as an application bundle called AStht_v06 (3.1 MB in size). The user must download and open the Trojan horse in order to become infected." (Interesting that Malware's summary didn't include this!)
candle_86 the announcement is from a Mac security software company therefore your point is invalid. I STILL haven't heard of any Mac Trojan/Virus announcement that isn't accompanied by an Antivirus software companies name or product.
Windows PC users are tired of hearing how secure it is and take every opportunity to bash Mac OS X's security every chance they get regardless of how valid it really is.
candle_86 the announcement is from a Mac security software company therefore your point is invalid. I STILL haven't heard of any Mac Trojan/Virus announcement that isn't accompanied by an Antivirus software companies name or product.
Windows PC users are tired of hearing how secure it is and take every opportunity to bash Mac OS X's security every chance they get regardless of how valid it really is.
yep sounds like a new virus software company wants in on the market.
IDEA? lets make some viruses then sell a product that can get rid of them we'll be rich!!.
Sorry but this is my theory on viruses.
IDEA? lets make some viruses then sell a product that can get rid of them we'll be rich!!.
Sorry but this is my theory on viruses.
by: candle_86;854495Lol...That's a completely foolish statement. There are only a handful of people who hack someone just to piss them off (or prove that Macs can be hacked). I for one could care less what company says about their product, if I'm hacking someone it won't be because I want to f**k with them...It will be because I want valuable information. ;)
you just heard of one, and it wasn't a test on the system, your mac market is big enough now for the hackers to care, and they are tired of hearing how secure it is lol. This is the preemptive strike i'd guess
Now the no good Mac's can take it now.
Yea, the Mac market is becoming popular enough for it to start showing vulnerabilities, but just because one trojan that only two companies can 'fix' has hit the grid doesn't mean it's the end of the world. I can honestly say I'm chuckling a bit, but this isn't that realistic. Most of the threats we're more subjective to are OS independent and deal with being scammed in an email or trusting something stupid, not trojans gaining root access to our OS. I'm gonna have to agree with Ravenas, people that try to hack systems want valuable information, not your picture with a webcam (unless if they're just perverts).
lol @ apple users. I hope you like your overpriced "virus free" OS now :D
Its about time MAC users get theirs
I guess it not surprising to see such vitriol from the PC crowd, but in reallity, none of us need this kind of crap. Mac users included.
Maybe we should sheath our swords and work together to elliminate this kind of BS and then get back to our normal, fun, OS trashing.
Just a suggestion.
Maybe we should sheath our swords and work together to elliminate this kind of BS and then get back to our normal, fun, OS trashing.
Just a suggestion.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Where is your god now? :D
Chris
Where is your god now? :D
Chris
by: ShadowFold;854690My Mac OS only cost $130 retail, and comes with all the features that 10.5 has. I wouldn't call that overpriced.
lol @ apple users. I hope you like your overpriced "virus free" OS now :D
And it is still virus free. This is a Trojan. Meaning that you have to purposely download and run it. Completely different from a Virus.
Although I have to say, it won't be long before OS X does have viruses I think. I think it's gained enough popularity that it may be become a regular target. Albeit still less frequently than Windows I would imagine.
Seems like the makers of this piece of work have been watching too many Apple ads.
The trojan taking a picture of the user :roll: ...
The trojan taking a picture of the user :roll: ...
in 2 years mac users who switched from windows will come back in droves because there new mac book has more virus/trojans/problems than a windows Me computer still online today, that your 13 year old downloads porn on
More like "Where is Steve Jobs now?"
by: ShadowFold;855091cowering behind his desk because he just realized there biggest PR scam backfired
More like "Where is Steve Jobs now?"
Dang, those built in webcams can be turned against you. :twitch: It is creepy to think about pictures of you or anybody in your family being sent to some stranger.
Anything that can be controlled by software can be turned against you by a smart enough hack.
I LOL'd at Mac's "secure" OS. No viruses, no nothing. Now, all of a sudden, a Trojan. Mac's are soon going to be like PC's and all of a sudden, Mac users will be like "OMG PC FTW! WOO!"
Here's all a Mac is:
Here's all a Mac is:
Sorry but LoL. When I read it I just had to picture the mac vs pc commercial and wonder what he would look like now : )
Honestly this sounds more like an attack on Apples virus proof campaign than anything else.
Keylogging - semi useful one way to get passwords. More likely its being used to scare people about their personal thoughts. "Terror" not profit.
Webcam control - 1 in what 500 infected computers may get an "indecent" shot. Only really useful for "Terror".
Sounded like everything else was normal trojan activity.
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I've never liked the computers with built in cameras. Its bad enough they have built in mics. DuctTape FTW, lol!
Honestly this sounds more like an attack on Apples virus proof campaign than anything else.
Keylogging - semi useful one way to get passwords. More likely its being used to scare people about their personal thoughts. "Terror" not profit.
Webcam control - 1 in what 500 infected computers may get an "indecent" shot. Only really useful for "Terror".
Sounded like everything else was normal trojan activity.
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I've never liked the computers with built in cameras. Its bad enough they have built in mics. DuctTape FTW, lol!
Sure we will ;) You keep thinking that. Keep fantasizing that Steve Jobs is crying about all of this. Keep fantasizing that Mac users are all upset. Keep fantasizing that in 2 years the Mac will be as infested as the Windows world. Meanwhile I will stay here in reality enjoying my PC for games and my Mac for everything else :)
guys, my question to you guys is... why cant we all stop bashing macs? big fucking whoop if macs cant overclock and dont have games.. its still a great os and beats the crap outta windows, trojan or no trojan...
Im not a mac user but they must be doing something right if this is big news fairs fair i say.
by: timta2;855622Ah, a like minded individual.
Sure we will ;) You keep thinking that. Keep fantasizing that Steve Jobs is crying about all of this. Keep fantasizing that Mac users are all upset. Keep fantasizing that in 2 years the Mac will be as infested as the Windows world. Meanwhile I will stay here in reality enjoying my PC for games and my Mac for everything else :)
There have been trojans and some viruses written for the mac for a while now.
Just being intelligent about your downloads kinda kept things at bay.
But we do know things are changing.
And why all the anti mac vitriol? Are these guys so insecure about their os choices?:o
I use both for different things, and that's life.
About damn time.
I want more like this.
Put the godawful holier-than-thou mac users in their place.
I want more like this.
Put the godawful holier-than-thou mac users in their place.
finaly some action :D
The reason for the aggression is the common (I didn't say intelligent, I said common) mac user will try to use this against the average pc user among other multimedia things. The mac commercials have a similar and unrealistic effect. "Macs are trendy" its marketing.
My prior statement first had humor then went into my opinion of the reasoning behind it. I wasn't bashing anyone. I deal with both macs and pcs.
My prior statement first had humor then went into my opinion of the reasoning behind it. I wasn't bashing anyone. I deal with both macs and pcs.
I can't believe someone would even make a virus for mac's. They already have it bad enough as it is, and they just made it worse. :laugh:
p0rn
by: UnkAsn93;857320They don't.
I can't believe someone would even make a virus for mac's. ...
Throughout the years I disliked Mac for three things, that not a single person here can argue with it.
I have maintained a MAC network for 6 years and I used Apple computers for my first 3 years of computer usage starting back in 94'.
1. Not until recently could anybody make Mac computers, except Mac's personally regulated companies which kept prices in unreasonable realms. Microsoft never did this EVER. This results in price fixing and Quality control issues, through a lack of deversity in production.
2. They don't have enough of the market, to get as much developers. "developers, developers, developers" LOL Not enough developers and companies making software designed for its OS.
3. The mark up on all Apple products is rediculous. There OS is not so bad price-wise, due to the fact that you have to buy expensive hardware from them before you can use the software. Just look at a "MAC Mall Magazine". ;)
I have maintained a MAC network for 6 years and I used Apple computers for my first 3 years of computer usage starting back in 94'.
1. Not until recently could anybody make Mac computers, except Mac's personally regulated companies which kept prices in unreasonable realms. Microsoft never did this EVER. This results in price fixing and Quality control issues, through a lack of deversity in production.
2. They don't have enough of the market, to get as much developers. "developers, developers, developers" LOL Not enough developers and companies making software designed for its OS.
3. The mark up on all Apple products is rediculous. There OS is not so bad price-wise, due to the fact that you have to buy expensive hardware from them before you can use the software. Just look at a "MAC Mall Magazine". ;)
by: DaedalusHelios;8595341. That's the past. The prices are no longer unreasonable. So that's no longer a valid argument.
Throughout the years I disliked Mac for three things, that not a single person here can argue with it.
I have maintained a MAC network for 6 years and I used Apple computers for my first 3 years of computer usage starting back in 94'.
1. Not until recently could anybody make Mac computers, except Mac's personally regulated companies which kept prices in unreasonable realms. Microsoft never did this EVER. This results in price fixing and Quality control issues, through a lack of deversity in production.
2. They don't have enough of the market, to get as much developers. "developers, developers, developers" LOL Not enough developers and companies making software designed for its OS.
3. The mark up on all Apple products is rediculous. There OS is not so bad price-wise, due to the fact that you have to buy expensive hardware from them before you can use the software. Just look at a "MAC Mall Magazine". ;)
2. There's plenty of software for a Mac. Aside from games, you can find an OS X program to replace in functionality, any program written for Windows.
3. Only on some things. The iMac, MacPro, and Mac Mini are all very reasonably priced for their specific categories, especially when you compare them directly to competitors with the same formfactors and features. As for MacMall, even the stuff they have that isn't Mac specific is marked up tremendously. They are just an expensive retailer, and a poor example for Mac pricing.
You also have to do your homework. There are very few peripherals that actually have to be Mac specific to work on a Mac. Other vendors just try to capitalize on the Mac name by making something with a Mac sticker on it, and charging more for it. That, in no way, is the fault of Apple.