More Mac OS X malware discovered

For those of us in the security business, we tend to ignore those under our care that use Macs. Macs are less likely to be targeted, and they don't generate anywhere near the number of problems the Windows machines do in terms of viruses and malware.

But if there's one thing you can be sure of in the security world, it's that nothing is absolutely safe. Sophos just reported on some Mac OS X malware in their blog.

Last night, SophosLabs was sent a message containing what claimed to be the “SRC CoDE of new Macintosh Worm” and so our Canadian labs released OSX/Tored-Fam, a generic way for us to detect future variants of the Tored family of malware.

One of the files was called ReadIt.txt and contained the following text:

RESPECT about what are you talking about me (cybercriminal..)
Dont say what you ignore !!!!!!!!

Then, this morning, Graham pointed me in the direction of the ParetoLogic blog which detailed a new piece of malware (which Sophos detects as OSX/Jahlav-C) hiding out on what presents itself as a hardcore porn website.

Two pieces of Mac OS X malware released in one week. A good reminder for all of us that Macs need to be behind a proxy and protected as well.