Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 18th Apr 2009 09:27 UTC
Remember the Mac trojan that we reported about earlier this year? A trojan was found piggybacking on the back of copies of iWork and Photoshop CS4 found on warez sites and networks, and it would install itself after the user had entered his or her administrator password during the software's installation. This trojan didn't seem like much of a threat back then, but as it turns out, it's now in use in the first Macintosh botnet.
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"Personally, there aren't many programs I don't get from the Ubuntu repositories"
This is one of the main things that can actually create a secure system. When users get their apps through their Linux distro's repository, they've been tested and users can feel safe about installing them. Getting them elsewhere is just like leaving the door wide open. There are trusted 3rd party repositories, but you know what I mean.