Much ado about malware
Claims by an anonymous author that he was paid to create a worm targeting Mac OS X systems are turning into a soap opera-style farce. Infosec Sellout said his ‘Rape-OSX’ worm uses an undisclosed vulnerability in the mDNSResponder component of Mac OS X to spread.
Low-threat malware targeting Mac OS X systems is unusual, but far from unprecedented. Claims that the supposed author of the worm is being paid to create proof-of-concept malware lack credibility or rationale, aside from creating mischief.
Full story: theregister.co.uk
