IP: Hacking tool comes back for the Mac

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Subject: Hacking tool comes back for the Mac
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> Hacking tool comes back for the Mac
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> The infamous Sub7 Trojan horse has made another comeback, this time on
> the Mac. First touted at the Def Con conference earlier this month,
> the notorious hacker's tool has finally been released in Alpha form.
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> Sub7 has been ported over to the Mac from the original Windows code
> by hacker group Team2600, which claims to be the world's oldest
> Macintosh user group. This means that Mac OS users are now susceptible
> to the tool which allows a user to remotely take complete control of
> another machine.
> But as antivirus vendors scramble to warn users
> about the new Trojan, the group behind its creation have countered
> with claims that it is not a virus but a "remote control utility based
> upon the Sub7 protocol".
> Nevertheless, antivirus vendors have still
> released signature files to defend against the tool, as they did in
> previous cases. These will be available at your usual antivirus update
> site.



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