11.02.2007

If you hack your own computer, Dude, then you really have no complaint

SAN FRANCISCO - In a backhanded compliment to Apple Inc., online criminals are apparently so impressed with its scorching sales the
y are sending Macintosh computers an attack typically aimed at machines running Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Windows operating system....

The attack does not target a vulnerability in the Macintosh operating system.

Instead, it requires a user to approve the download, then enter his computer's administrator's password to continue, operations that raise red flags among sophisticated computer users.

(AP via Yahoo! News)

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