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BitTorrent copies of iWork '09 may contain nasty Trojan
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Software, iWorkIntego has released a security alert for a Trojan horse circulating in copies of iWork '09 downloaded from BitTorrent trackers and direct download (read: not official, but warez-esque) sites. The Trojan, known as OSX.Trojan.iServices.A is actually pretty clever: it exists as a package within the actual iWork '09 installer (meaning you can't see it unless you view every package in the installer bundle). Then when the installation begins and asks for your administrator password (which is what a non-infected version of ...
Pirated iWork '09 installer may contain trojan horse
Macworld —
... , makers of VirusBarrier and other security software for the Macintosh, issued a security alert for Mac users on Thursday, advising them about the existence of a new Trojan Horse, which they’ve named OSX.Trojan.iServices.A. This new Trojan Horse can be found in pirated copies of Apple’s ...
You Can Steal But You Can't Hide
Apple Watch —
... 'Is the OS less secure?', so much as it is one of 'Are Mac users security savvy?'. Pirated software distributed via torrents has always been a high-risk area, but those running a Mac OS have had the luxury of being less guarded about those types of threats because the malicious code they contained was generally written to attack Windows machines. Times change. Clearly someone sees a market in and opportunity from Mac malware placed in bad Nethoods. As I post, Intego reports at least 20,000 Trojan.iServices.A infections (from pirated iWork `09) and about ...
iPhone App Piracy
The Mac Observer —
... with unauthorized carriers. Rather, I'm talking about stealing software, the same software that you would otherwise purchase from Apple's App Store. I was dismayed to find just how rampant iPhone app piracy is. I don't mean to sound naive. I am all too aware that piracy exists. It has long existed for computer software, where unscrupulous users share pirated copies of the latest programs from Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and others. Digressing a bit, I found it ironic that Intego recently posted information about a Trojan Horse embedded in pirated copies of iWork '09. They offer ...
iPhone App Piracy
MacBytes.com —
... with unauthorized carriers. Rather, I'm talking about stealing software, the same software that you would otherwise purchase from Apple's App Store. I was dismayed to find just how rampant iPhone app piracy is. I don't mean to sound naive. I am all too aware that piracy exists. It has long existed for computer software, where unscrupulous users share pirated copies of the latest programs from Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and others. Digressing a bit, I found it ironic that Intego recently posted information about a Trojan Horse embedded in pirated copies of iWork '09. They offer ...
Apple Gets Serious About Security With Fisher Price AntiVirus In Snow Leopard
Cult of Mac —
... and OSX.Iservice . Both of these Trojans are in the wild but are fairly rudimentary. OSX.Iservice has been found in pirated copies of iWork on the file sharing networks; and OSX.RSPlug is typically found on porno websites masquerading as video codecs that need to be installed by the user, who types in their system password. * It intercepts files downloaded only using Safari, Firefox, Mail, Entourage, Thunderbird and iChat and several other applications, ...
