Java was recently in the news for Mac OS X security as the underlying language for the cross-platform Boonana trojan horse, discovered by SecureMac in October 2010, which affected Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux. SecureMac has found websites currently distributing the trojan disguised as Safari, Apple’s popular web browser software for OS X, as well as disguised as an updater for Java, a cross-platform software development environment from Sun Microsystems. The server component can be disguised as a different program to hide the malicious intent. The current mode of infection is for the attacker to trick the victim into downloading the server component of the software and running it on their Mac. This trojan appears to be in the early stages of development, but seems to be in an active development cycle, with multiple updates to the trojan added by the author as documented on a popular hacker site. The trojan horse, created by a hacker calling himself Das_Virus, appears to originate from Germany.Īs first discovered and described by Methusela “Meths” Cebrian Ferrer on her Macintosh security and threat research blog at, there is a new trojan horse targeting Mac OS X. Update: A new version of BlackHole RAT 2.0 has been discovered.Ī new trojan horse is targeting Mac OS X, and SecureMac has identified multiple variants of the threat. BlackHole RAT SecureMac Security Bulletin
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