Another day, another Mac OS X pest?

[andyman]

Just a day after experts warned of what is believed to be the first Trojan in the wild to target Apple Computer's Mac OS X, alerts are being published on a new worm that exploits an 8-month-old vulnerability in the operating system.

The new Inqtana worm spreads through a security flaw in Apple's Bluetooth software, antivirus vendors Symantec and F-Secure said on Friday. Apple provided a fix for the flaw last June with security update 2005-006.

The worm attempts to use Bluetooth to propagate. Once it infects a computer it searches for other Bluetooth-enabled devices and sends itself to those it finds, Symantec said.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6041091.html?tag=zdnn.alert

[Tim]

I'm sure more alerts about security threats already patched months ago will be brought to our attention as it get closer to Vista's release, and, as the AV companies are starting to wake up to the fact that macs are gaining slowly in marketshare steadily, and it's quickening in pace.

[andyman]

just posting to inform Tim ;)

[Tim]

I know, just commenting on the alert itself. I bet OS X virus writers are on overtime...
;)

[andyman]

I have Bluetooth on my phone ... and I don't even know how to use it
something to look into including anti-virus
Might get infected walking into a room .. :ggl: