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Malware in the wild, courtesy of the Polizei. Infects Macs? - M A V I C - 10-09-2011
http://ccc.de/en/updates/2011/staatstrojaner
The largest European hacker club, "Chaos Computer Club" (CCC), has reverse engineered and analyzed a "lawful interception" malware program used by German police forces. It has been found in the wild and submitted to the CCC anonymously. The malware can not only siphon away intimate data but also offers a remote control or backdoor functionality for uploading and executing arbitrary other programs. Significant design and implementation flaws make all of the functionality available to anyone on the internet.
They don't mention which platforms it runs on, but the screenshot (apparently of the controller they built) seems to be in OS X.
Re: Malware in the wild, courtesy of the Polizei. Infects Macs? - MacArtist - 10-09-2011
It's only a matter of time.
Re: Malware in the wild, courtesy of the Polizei. Infects Macs? - Jimmypoo - 10-09-2011
MacArist! WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!!???
The man is only a few days gone... and now you're on the "Mac Virus" bandwagon!!??
You HACKINTOSH people -- you're already HALF BRAINWASHED by your Gigabyte motherboards!!
Ptooey!
Re: Malware in the wild, courtesy of the Polizei. Infects Macs? - MacArtist - 10-09-2011
Well, even if this turns out to be true...
We're still at 1 to 200,000 ratio to Windows for malware.