Well it appears that Mac's have now grown up enough to begin getting some attention by professional hacker's. Until now the Mac OS has been relatively secure (or so it was believed) - for the simply reason that there wasn't a large enough market for the hacker's to pay attention to. Appx 6% marketshare isn't exactly a goldrush for professional hacker's who are looking for money. However, with the recent surge in Mac users with OS X, I suppose someone finally decided it was time to unleash on the fanboys. :)
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2210900,00.asp
"It appears that the Mac is becoming popular enough that the "bad guys" think it is worth spending time and effort in developing malware for the Mac OS. If we see a rise in Mac malware, then we will have to assume that there are profits to be made in malware for Macs as well. Stay tuned."
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/11/the_double_attack_windows_atta.html
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/mac-users-get-a.html
Friday, November 2, 2007
Fortress Mac Is Gone
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Read the fine print - for it to actually do anything the mac user has to type in their administration password.
I really wouldn't call this a virus. Last time I caught the flu it didn't ask me first. :)
Oh - and the whole argument "there just aren't enough Macs out there" never address the "glory" of hacking. Hacking is not about money as much as it is glory - why no hackers have been able to achieve this is astonishing.
But you never address this argument...
Hacking is ALL about the money. Yes you have your nerds who just want glory, but a huge majority of hacking now days is all about the money. Hence organized crime in Russia/Easteren Europe has a big influence on the industry.
How is hacking "ALL about the money"? Can you explain?
I suppose it's not always all about the money, I realize that hacking is a effective spying mechanism that governments use to gather information. However, in the private sector the primary purpose for hackers is money. 2007 gave us the largest data breeches in history, what was the reason behind that? Money. Hackers hack to get data (whether it be malware on personal computers or TJMaxx), which they in turn sell on the black market. I understand that there some “one off’s” out there that just want some attention, but those guys are getting fewer and farer between.
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