After Death, Osama Bin Laden Hacked Windows & MAC Users
Warning from Sophos to both Windows and Mac users
Mac users targeted by poisoned SEO in Google, DIY hacking kit
Web underworld launches DIY hacking kit for Mac
IT security company Sophos has issued a warning to both Windows and Mac users saying that a massive SEO poisoning attack has hit Google, which could in turn infect their computers.
The SEO poisoning has been found for numerous key words ranging form global warming to Osama bin Laden's death.
The results for the SEO poisoned searches lead users to a fake anti-virus program, which prompts users with a JavaScript-based fake scanner that shows an infected Windows XP computer. This is seen even in the case of Mac computers.
On clicking or closing the fake scanner page, users are asked to download a .zip file with a filename such as "BestMacAntivirus2011.mpkg.zip", which infects the computer.
The malware then shows numerous fake warning messages and ask users to pay for non-existent threats to be removed, said the company.
Meanwhile, secret cyber criminal forums have announced the the first do-it-yorself (DIY) malware targeted at the Mac OSX operating system.
Usually DIY malware kits have been designed to attack the Windows platform, but with the new kit, Weyland-Yutani bot, users with little knowledge can create their own malware and use it to control another computer, thereby creating a botnet in the process.
Danish IT security firm CSIS Security Group wrote in its blog that it discovered the availability of the DIY malware kit for Macs. The company has also warned that DIY kits for iPads are underway.
CSIS Security Group security specialist Peter Kruse said, "The kit is being sold under the name Weyland-Yutani bot, and it is the first of its kind to hit the Mac OS platform."
"Apparently, a dedicated iPad and Linux release is under preparation as well."
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