From: Tony Morrow (gizmo1482_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 09 2005 - 20:25:03 PST
John wrote:
>I understand that Sony bundled "malware" (I believe this term may have
>been used subjectively) into some of their music CD's which errantly may
>install what could be viewed as a "root kit" to Windows machines. I'm
>wondering if anyone know if such a scheme also exists in the Mac _OSX_
>platform, does anyone know?
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><http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/01/sony_rootkit_drm/>
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I listened to the podcast Security Now with Steve Gibson. According to
him the first root kits were in fact made for Unix systems. Seeing as
how OS X is based on Unix, I don't see why root kits couldn't exist. If
you listen to episode 9 and 12, Steve will go into detail about root
kits and what they do to a system.
you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or from one of the links
at http://www.twit.tv
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