Yahoo! News - Mac OS X Attacked by Trojan Horse

"Mac users are used to feeling safe as their Windows-based brethren scramble to address security flaws. Now a security firm has discovered what may be the first Trojan horse created to attack Mac OS X".

Called "MP3Virus.gen" or "MP3Concept," the Trojan horse appears to be a typical MP3 file. It is coded into the ID tags of the audio file and activates when users click on it to play the music.


The Trojan horse was discovered by Intego, a Mac security and privacy firm. According to security firm Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC - news), MP3Concept has not yet been found in the wild. That is, Symantec acknowledged that the vulnerability is real, but the company has not yet found it circulating around the Internet.

But Intego CEO Laurent Marteau told NewsFactor that his company received a report of the Trojan Horse from a Mac user on April 6th.

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