John R Bartow
jbartow at winhaven.net
Tue Oct 7 14:46:23 CDT 2014
Yes, you do. Apparently this has been out there awhile now and they're only up to 17,000? I just chuckled to myself - that's like a beta test for a zombie network using windows ;-) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 11:51 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Mac OSX zombie network Hey, it might look like a small number, but you gotta start from somewhere! - Hans > On Oct 7, 2014, at 9:25 AM, "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote: > > FYI Macheads: > > A newly discovered zombie network that exclusively targets Apple > computers running Mac OS X across the globe has compromised roughly > 17,000 machines so far, giving hackers backdoor access to infected > computers, researchers at Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web warned. - See more at: > http://thehackernews.com/2014/10/over-17000-mac-machines-affected-by_6.html? > utm_source=feedburner > <http://thehackernews.com/2014/10/over-17000-mac-machines-affected-by_ > 6.html > ?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackers > News+% > 28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog%29&_m=3n.009a.723.kp0aof74zx.f50#st > 28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+hash.0 > bY3V9ii.dpuf> > &utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+Ne > ws+-+S > ecurity+Blog%29&_m=3n.009a.723.kp0aof74zx.f50#sthash.0bY3V9ii.dpuf > > > > 17,000 - it seems do small compared to the million windows pcs zombie > networks out there. I guess it's all in the scale of things. > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com