Thursday, 1. November 2007

Mac users face Trojan threat


A malicious program that poses as a video engine, or codec, necessary to watch pornography could infect unsuspecting users of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, security firms warned on Wednesday.

The program -- called RSPlug by Mac antivirus firm Intego, Puper by McAfee and DNSChanger by others -- has been spreading around Windows computers for some time, but is not considered a significant threat as the victim has to supply the administrator password for the system to be infected. While the Windows version comes as a portable executable (PE) file, the new Mac version comes as a standard disk image (DMG) file. If opened, the file will display a standard install package, according to an analysis of the Trojan by the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC).

Mac users face Trojan threat

securityfocus.com intego.com

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Vroom, Vroom: Formula 1 Orders Teams to Go Green


In the hypercompetitive world of Formula 1 motor racing, the only thing greater than the level of technology is the money spent developing it, and a lot of that money is about to be invested in green technology that will appear in cars the rest of us drive.

Vroom, Vroom: Formula 1 Orders Teams to Go Green

wired.com

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