Second Mac Os X Worm Discovered

[Brandon]

Experts at SophosLabsâ„¢, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have issued protection against a second worm for Mac OS X. The OSX/Inqtana-A worm spreads between Apple Macintosh computers via a Bluetooth vulnerability. The new worm has appeared within days of the discovery of the first ever real virus for Mac OS X.

The Inqtana worm exploits a vulnerability (known as CAN-2005-1333) to spread itself to other vulnerable Mac OS X computers. However, Apple released a patch against the vulnerability in mid 2005, meaning the worm is highly unlikely to spread successfully.

Users of Mac OS X are advised to keep their software updated against the latest security vulnerabilities in Apple's code.

"It's disturbing to see a second worm for Mac OS X so soon after the first, but it should be remembered that this is only two compared to well over 100,000 viruses for Microsoft operating systems," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "The good news is that Inqtana is not going to spread successfully in the wild, but this announcement will still be a shock to those in the Mac community who thought hackers were not interested in their operating system."

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/art...02/inqtana.html

[isteve]

Although this does prove somebody is trying to write malware for os x, these two really are not a threat. First someone has to send it to you, then you have to unwrap it, then you have to install it and enter a admin password.

Many people that have installed the first one, "Leap A" have not been able to get it to execute it's payload. And the only people that have this worm are antivirus companies.

[sultan_emerr]

Sophos sees OS X virus ghosts

Anti-virus software mistakes real applications for pests, breaks

systems

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