This week's Mac virus is brought to you by the makers of BackDoor.Wirenet.1, a delightful little keylogger that has drawn rave reviews wherever it goes.
Keyloggers, to remind you, record all of your keystrokes and then periodically send them home to mama. A program then looks for 16 entered numbers in a row (your credit card) followed by 3 more numbers (your security code), then it's off to cadillac.com and some early Christmas shopping.
It also steals passwords:
The malware "also operates as a keylogger (it sends gathered keyboard input data to intruders); in addition, it steals passwords entered by the user in Opera, Firefox, Chrome, and Chromium, and passwords stored by such applications as Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and Pidgin."
(Odd he'd mention the other browsers but not Safari?)
The fix is fairly simple. You delete some files on your computer and then block access to a certain IP address. Details are in the above link and one method to block the IP address is here, more info here. Even if you don't have the bad files on your system, you should still block the IP address.
Recommended reading:
Apple Releases Major Security Update for OS X
Apple Triggers 'Religious' Reaction in Fans' Brains, Report Says
Is Apple Fandom a Religion?
Are Apple Product Launches Like Religious Revivals?
Apple to Support Staff: Don't Discuss Mac Malware
Researchers Find Signs of Zombie Macs
Android, Apple Face Growing Cyberattacks
Apple is the New Hacker Bulls-Eye
Computer Hacking Group Targets Apple in Latest Attack
Apple Macs Hit by Scareware Attacks
Malware Attack Specifically Targets Mac Users
Apple Macintoshes Targeted by Porn-Based Computer Virus
Hidden Security Worms May Loom in Apple's Future
New Trojan Swipes Mac Passwords
Kaspersky Labs: Apple's Security 10 Years Behind Microsoft
Managers Can't be Afraid to Toss Out Bad Apples
From one of the articles:
I miss the good old days when Mac users felt a smug superiority over Windows users who had to deal with this stuff…
Yeah, I'll bet you do.
