[pp.int.general] iWork Installer w/ Trojan... found after Apple's drop of SN

[Will Pomes]

Sounds like a good development to me.

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Glenn Kerbein <
glenn.kerbein at pirate-party.us> wrote:

> Torrents have always been, and usually are a haven for, malware. Fake
> torrents, public trackers, etc. all provide havens for distribution.
> Take, for instalnce, the old Storm Botnet which started from spam and
> was controlled by a modified P2P application.
>
> The Register is known for being reputable. There's more via ZDnet, which
> cites Intego: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2418 .
>
> Ray Jenson wrote:
> > Okay, folks... just some propaganda from The Register...
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/22/mac_trojan_attack/
> >
> > Basically, they're using a fear tactic to get people to use
> > legally-purchased software (an old tactic, but it's been a few months
> > since they tried it), and Apple's already said they're no longer going
> > to require a serial number in order to make the software operational
> > anyway... so if anyone's going to copy iWork for the Mac, the
> > instructions for doing so are (and I quote from the above article):
> > "borrow your coworker's disk".
> >
> > Interesting, and potentially the mark of a turn of events for the better?
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