iWork ’09 Torrent Carrying OS X Trojan [Updated] – Mac Rumors
A security alert posted this morning by antivirus vendor Intego reveals that the company has discovered a new Trojan horse that is being carried by pirated copies of iWork ’09 circulating on a number of torrent sites.
Largest security vulnerability when using your computer regardless of operating system is user behaviour. In this case you could call it karma. If you’re using torrents to download stuff especially if it’s movies, music or pirated software you’re risk profile increases significantly. You better know what you’re doing (i.e. have a quarantine machine or similar.)
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