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iWork '09 trojan infects 20,000 pirates - TechAmok
iWork '09 trojan infects 20,000 pirates - [security] 11:00 AM EST - Jan,23 2009 - post a comment Intego 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 iWork '09 application suite, which has
been downloaded over 20,000 times, according to Intego's numbers. When
installing an infected pirated copy of iWork 09, an extra iWorkServices package
is installed; this installation begins as soon as the user launches the iWork
09 installer. This package is installed as a system-wide startup item, where it
has read-write permissions as root. In other words, this code can do anything to
any part of the system, with full authorization. The malicious software connects
to remote servers over the internet, so a malicious remote user will know that
the program has been installed. The malicious user will be able to connect to
the infected Mac and perform various actions; the Trojan horse may also download
additional components to an infected Mac. Once infected, the clean-up process
may be quite painful. As the Trojan horse has the ability to install additional
components, it's not sufficient to remove the known pieces. Instead, the safest
recovery method starts with a reformat and a clean install of OS X. Because the
Trojan may also modify installed applications (this is possible because the
Trojan is running as root), programs should be reinstalled from their master
discs, not from backups. Finally, the user should copy over their data files
from backups. |
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