Could It Be? A Mac Flaw?

07.19.07 - 05:24pm

Did anyone say Titanic? Some people just don’t believe that Apple’s fabulous Mac computer could possibly be vulnerable to a worm but one hacker says he has created it much to the chagrin of Apple fanatics.

So much so they sent the Apple hacker code named “Information Security Sellout” (with threats like these you certainly don’t want anyone to know you’re real name!) many death threats such as this one saying, “I dare you to demonstrate this at Defcon you faggot Microsoftie. We will drag you out, put a bullet in you, and bury your body so deep it will take a nuclear blast to find your body.”(oooh the scary world of cyberspace)

Mr. Hacker “ISS” (Information Security Sellout” is a little long) says that the worm is capable of delivering a malicious payload to fully-patched Mac OS X systems He says that the worm works through the OS X’s MDNSResponder networking component and is capable of executing code at the root level thus allowing attackers to install malware on the target system.

“While it is nothing special compared to Windows-based malware it does prove a point,” wrote the Mr. Hacker “ISS”. “Apple computers are just as susceptible to malware as Windows-based ones.” (really? but we all thought the Mac was the real Titanic, minus the iceberg of course)

Mr. Hacker ISS says he will contact Apple “eventually” when his work is fully completed.

Category: apple | Tags: apple_computers, hacker, information_security, mac_os_x, worm