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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 527874" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p><img src="http://mos.techradar.com//classifications/computing/software/operating-systems/images/apple-mac-os-x-105-leopard-box-218-85-200-200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> While computer security issues are a problem for all computers, regardless of make, Apple has had a good run of things lately with most malware aimed at PC users.</p><p></p><p>That is until, this week where the discovery of two Trojan horse programs made specifically to target OS X have appeared.</p><p></p><p><strong>Security issues</strong></p><p></p><p>Security holes in the most up-to-date versions of Tiger and Leopard enable attackers to install malware onto OS X without a user having to type in an administrator's password.</p><p></p><p>This flaw means that hackers could get access sensitive data on a machine or even take over the machine for use in botnet attacks.</p><p></p><p>Speaking to <em>The Register</em> about the Trojan horse program, Dino Dai Zovi, a security researcher who helped dissect the Trojan, said: "This shows that there is an active community of researchers who are looking for vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and not reporting their findings to Apple."</p><p></p><p>Sites such as iChat and Limewire are said to have been spreading the malware unknowingly.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15447a2/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Apple users stunned by Trojan virus&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple-users-stunned-by-trojan-virus-407545" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Apple users stunned by Trojan virus&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple-users-stunned-by-trojan-virus-407545" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/15447a2/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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