Gorinchem, 28 maart 2008 - Sophos, wereldleider in IT beveiliging, adviseert de Apple Macintosh gemeenschap om niet te panikeren bij het ontdekken van een nieuw Trojaans paard voor het Mac OS X platform.
Het Trojaanse paard, Troj/MacSwp-B genoemd (ook bekend als Imunizator), probeert Mac gebruikers bang te maken en aan te zetten tot het aankopen van overbodige software via de bewering dat er privacyissues zijn ontdekt op de computer.
Marnix van Meer, directeur bij Sophos Benelux: "Ook scareware zet zijn tanden in Apple. Cybercrime richt zich nog niet vaak op de Apple omgeving, maar het aantal aanvallen neemt wel toe. Hackers maken hiervoor veelal gebruik van dezelfde beproefde tactiek als voor de Windows omgeving."
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APPLE MAC TROJAN HORSE AIMS TO STEAL MONEY FROM MACINTOSH USERS, SOPHOS REPORTS
Imunizator makes bogus claims that Macs have privacy problems
IT security and control firm Sophos, is advising the Apple Macintosh community not to panic following the discovery of another Trojan horse for the Mac OS X platform.
The Trojan, named Troj/MacSwp-B (also known as Imunizator), tries to scare Mac users into purchasing unnecessary software by claiming that privacy issues have been discovered on the computer.
"Windows users are no stranger to scareware like this, but it is rarer on the Apple Macintosh. Nevertheless, the discovery of this Trojan horse does follow fast on the heels of other malware that has been identified on the Mac OS X platform in recent months," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Cybercrime against Mac users may be small in comparison to Windows attacks, but it is growing. Apple Macintosh users need to learn from the mistakes made by their Windows cousins in the past and ensure that they have defences in place, are up-to-date with patches and exercise caution about what they run on their computer."
Sophos experts note that the new Trojan horse is closely related to another piece of Mac scareware, MacSweeper, which was being deployed in an attack via online adverts on ITV.com and the website of the Radio Times last month.
"It's not unusual to see hackers repackage their malware in a variety of disguises to try and sneak it past anti-malware software," explained Cluley.
Earlier this year Sophos published its annual Security Threat Report, which described how financially motivated hackers had targeted Apple Mac computers with malware for the first time in 2007.
For more information and a graphic of the malware, please visit:
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