Hackers spread viruses through P2P and the Mac platform is also victimized

Hackers are spreading more and more often through P2P, and now even the Mac platform suffers! Recently, anti-virus software vendors discovered the first botnet (botnet) for Mac platform attacks, which was distributed by peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading of pirated Apple software. At present, thousands of computers have been victimized and may appear in the near future. Variants, experts call, users should pay special attention to the security of individual files when downloading files.

With the increase in the number of people using the Apple Mac operating system, the Mac platform has also become a target for hackers to lock. Recently, anti-virus software vendors have discovered the first botnet (botnet) for attacks on the Mac platform. The famous website publishes a new program (OSX.Iservice) and its variant (OSX.Iservice.B). If the general user downloads pirated Mac word processing software (iWork 09) or downloads fake digital image processing software through P2P. (Adobe Photoshop CS4), it could be the victim of the first Mac botnet program, a hacker-controlled zombie computer.

Symantec senior technical consultant said: "P2P above these pirated software, in fact, are insecure, in addition to copyright issues, but also a lot of malicious programs, for this piracy iWork 09 (Mac word processing software) Do not download, or you may be implanted with malicious programs. ”

It is currently known that there are about a thousand infected hosts under the control of this botnet. According to speculation, the author and the actual scatterer may not be the same person, and the botnet program is written in a flexible and scalable way, so other variants may appear in the near future. Experts remind people to use the P2P network to download files. Pay special attention to individual file security, and suggest that people who want to try iWork should directly download it directly from Apple's official website.