Friday, February 17, 2006

News: Another Mac malware spotted

Several sites including OSNews.com have mentioned this article from The Register about a new malware on Mac OS X that tries to spread via Bluetooth.

A second strain of malware targeting Mac OS X has been discovered days after a Mac OS X Trojan appeared on the scene. The latest malware, Inqtana-A, is a proof-of-concept worm that attempts to spread using a Bluetooth vulnerability.

There seems to be more and more interest among the virii/malware writers in the world to try to infect Mac OS X. I guess being popular brings it's own troubles...

Article Link posted by Jambo Consulting at 6:14 PM

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