[nycbug-talk] Mac OS X rootkit surfaces

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Mon Oct 25 07:24:02 EDT 2004


whoa.. anybody seen this in the wild?
Michael

By John Leyden
Published Monday 25th October 2004 10:06 GMT

One of the first pieces of malicious code targeting Apple's Mac OS X
operating system has been discovered. The Mac OS X malware, dubbed
Opener, is a rootkit for Mac OS X machines that contains a variety of
destructive functionality including a keylogger and backdoor
components.

http://www.theregister.com/2004/10/25/mac_rootkit_opener/




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