So, at the moment, the only way we have seen these Trojans being distributed is via pirated versions of commercial copyrighted software. Just days ago, an earlier version of the iWorkS Trojan horse was seen being distributed in a cracked version of the iWork ’09 software suite. ![]() If infected, Macintosh users are at risk of having a remote hacker take control of their computer – potentially for the purposes of sending spam, launching distributed denial-of-service attacks or stealing identities. The Trojan, detected by Sophos as OSX/iWorkS-B is found in a bundled crack program that allows users to circumvent the program’s serial number copy-protection. ![]() It is being reported that a new variant of the Apple Mac iWorkS Trojan horse (also known as iServices or iWorkServices) has been distributed via a pirated version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. It’s news which should dispel once and for all the notion that it’s only script kiddies and proof-of-concept coders that are developing malware for Mac OS X.
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