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iWork 2009 Trojan building a botnet

This week security researchers reported that pirated copies of iWork 2009 may contain a Trojan horse. Experts note that with Mac OS X threats, you have to be fooled into installing them. In this case, the chance to own iWork 2009 on the cheap is the potential draw. Most antivirus programs for the Mac are [...]

January 23, 2009 Tags: Apple, botnet, Defense in Depth, iWork, Jose Nazario, Robert Vamosi, Trajan horse Posted in: DDoS, Defense in Depth, Jose Nazario, Mac OS X, P2P, Robert Vamosi, Trojan horse, botnets, conficker, denial of service, downadup, iWork Comments Closed

I'm an award-winning journalist with more than nine years of major news organization experience specializing in computer security, cybercrime, and computer viruses. Additional skills include editing, product review, on-camera talent, and podcast host.
I've written extensively about computer security, criminal hacking, incident response, vulnerability disclosure, data loss prevention, botnets, malware, virus writers, cross-site scripting attacks, and flaws within DNS.
I've received professional training in securing wireless networks, how attackers profile and exploit social engineering, and digital forensics and incident response.
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  Beyond date of birth, what other personal information are we giving away on social network sites? In a talk a few weeks ago at the 2010 RSA Conference, security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani explored some non-traditional ways social networking could be used to profile individuals. He says just by studying your social networking presence one can identify, for ex […]
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