Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 17th Feb 2006 20:17 UTC
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. The worm is not spreading in the wild and uses an internal counter that means it will expire on February 24, so it's unlikely to ever be much of a problem. Nonetheless, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) users are still advised to make sure they're patched up in order to guard against attack from any future worm that uses the same exploit. In related OSX news, there's more fuel for the tablet-Mac fire.
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Member since:2006-01-05
And is that message from the hot chick, or the 300lb guy two seats behind her?
You don't get secret bluetooth messages. As you never know to whom your sending or recieving it. It's not like the computer name is readily available and when it is knowing who is who is next to impossible.
yea I don't see it happening. It's more likely a mean co-worker would send it to you.
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2006-02-17
>but it seems to me that you'd have to be pretty
>stupid to fall for this one.
Good thing the world is running low on stupid people.
Imagine a coffee shop full of lonely hearts, pounding away on their laptops while shooting furtive glances across the room. Suddenly a message pops up on the screen that "secret_admirer" has sent you a file named "innocent_introduction.zip".
OK, OK, I give, no one would ever fall for that.