Dangerous Trojan Linked to Illegal Copies of iWork '09
Posted 01/23/2009 at 9:46am
| by Florence Ion

Attention all pirates!
Stop pirating! According to Intego, A new Trojan attack has been linked with illegal copies of iWork ’09.
Some copies of iWork found on BitTorrent sites contain OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, which masquerades itself as iWorkServices. The application asks for an administrative password and users may be able to bypass it, but those running Mac OS X 10.5.1 will not have that option.
iWorkServices allows itself full access to the system, and connects to a remote server to allow the hacker on the other side to have full access to the user’s computer. Malware may also be installed on the victim’s computer.
Over 20,000 people are believed to have downloaded infected copies of iWork ’09. Intego warns that the Trojan is a serious threat.