Thread: Mac OSX Trojan Steals Processing Power
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Old 10-31-2011, 09:00 PM   #1
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Mac OSX Trojan Steals Processing Power
http://www.macworld.com/article/1633..._bitcoins.html

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The DevilRobber trojan steals processing power, which can lead to slow computer performance, as well as actual Bitcoins, which are kept in virtual wallets on the victim’s machine.

“OSX/Miner-D [DevilRobber] also spies on you by taking screen captures and stealing your usernames and passwords,” warned Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at antivirus vendor Sophos.

“In addition, it runs a script that copies information to a file called dump.txt regarding truecrypt data, Vidalia (TOR plugin for Firefox), your Safari browsing history and .bash_history,” he added.

So far, the Trojan has been detected in a BitTorrent download for GraphicConverter version 7.4, an image editing application for Mac OS X. However, this doesn’t mean that there aren’t similarly Trojanized torrents out there.
Probably still doesn't warrant buying anti-virus software for the Mac, but for those who venture into Bittorrents, something to watch out for.
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