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:2005-07-06
Not if it's patched.
Which is sometimes difficult to do when MS knows about vulnerabilities but decides to keep them quiet either while working on a patch or just to avoid PR embarassement. All the while blackhats are exploiting the code (like "Russian hacker groups sold WMF exploit code" http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/02/03/214046/Russianhac... )
Just to say your response is a gross oversimplification.
Member since:2005-07-06
I'm more inclined to believe "working on a patch" rather than "avoid PR embarassment". Unless you have actual evidence of the latter, I'm going to believe that all cases where they keep quiet are cases where they are working on something.
Testing takes time. Better to test, than to release a faulty patch and get flamed into oblivion.
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2005-07-06
Not if it's patched.