07-26-2012, 04:23 AM
"We have not yet seen if or how this threat is installed on a user’s system; it may be that an installer component will try to establish Admin permissions,” says Myers in a post on the official blog of Intego."
They have no idea how it gets on a machine? The only way to establish admin permissions is with a password....unless there is a HUGE security hole in the kernel that no one has noticed in 20 years. If there is a way to edit files without permissions being given, that is a BIG deal.
They have no idea how it gets on a machine? The only way to establish admin permissions is with a password....unless there is a HUGE security hole in the kernel that no one has noticed in 20 years. If there is a way to edit files without permissions being given, that is a BIG deal.