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Trojan Horse Targets Anti-Virus Maker Intego

Another wrinkle in the spy-vs-spy Mac security game appeared Wednesday when a Mac Trojan Horse attempted to disguise itself by naming a file “intego,” a reference to Intego, the anti-virus company. Intego said the OSX.RSPlug.E trojan horse carries a medium-level risk for Mac users, making it the fifth version of the malware first discovered in 2007. [...]

Another wrinkle in the spy-vs-spy Mac security game appeared Wednesday when a Mac Trojan Horse attempted to disguise itself by naming a file “intego,” a reference to Intego, the anti-virus company.

Intego said the OSX.RSPlug.E trojan horse carries a medium-level risk for Mac users, making it the fifth version of the malware first discovered in 2007. In November, the developers outlined RSPlug.D, a trojan horse which downloaded a malicious file.

Like the most recent version, OSX.RSPlug.E entices Mac users with pornographic sites that insist a “missing Video ActiveX Object” must be downloaded in order to view a video. The infected download then contacts a malicious remote server.

Unlike previous versions of the Trojan, two .dmg archives: FlashPlayer.v3.348.dmg or FlashPlayer.v.dmg, create an encoded file named “intego” with read and write permission.

In a statement, Intego said the reference “is a provocation from the creator of this malware.”

Intego has “certainly never heard of [such naming] on the Mac side,” spokesman Peter James told Cult of Mac.

James said Eastern European malware writers created the Trojan horse, judging by the Web site domains the malicious code contacts. Unlike in the U.S., former Iron Curtain countries don’t have the resources to track down the cyber criminals.

“They’re taunting us because we keep finding these variants. This could be a test” to determine how Intego’s security products identify suspected malware, James said.

The spokesman called Apple’s recent takedown of a tech note advising adoption of antivirus measures “irresponsible on Apple’s part.”

“A tech person wrote the note, and a marketing person quashed it,” James told Cult of Mac. “It’s a typical flip-flop.”

Is There An iPod Shortage?

There is an apparent shortage of iPods in the wake of surprisingly strong demand for Apple’s portable music players on Black Friday. At Amazon.com, the wait time for 8GB second-generation iPod touchs has stretched to three to five weeks, up from 11 days. The same for the 16GB version, according to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu. During [...]

There is an apparent shortage of iPods in the wake of surprisingly strong demand for Apple’s portable music players on Black Friday.

At Amazon.com, the wait time for 8GB second-generation iPod touchs has stretched to three to five weeks, up from 11 days. The same for the 16GB version, according to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu.

During the Black Friday weekend, Amazon was offering iPods at an 11 percent discount.

The shortages were also found at Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and others.

“Frankly, we find these sell-outs on iPods surprising given how difficult the macroeconomic environment is, putting a crimp on consumer spending,” Wu wrote in a Wednesday note to investors.

Wu believes Apple will sell 21 million iPods in December, a 90 percent jump from Cupertino’s September quarter.

Earlier this week, analysts described Apple iPods as Black Friday favorites. Deutsche Bank said “iPod demand remains healthy” with retailers reporting the 16GB touch and nano popular with consumers.

Colocation, Dedicated Server Provider, DediPower, Selected by JancisRobinson.com

Reading, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - December 3, 2008 - Managed dedicated hosting provider, DediPower, has been chosen to provide services for global wine writing, broadcasting and Financial Times wine correspondent since 1989, Jancis Robinson.

Jancis Robinson qualified as a Master of Wine, the first from outside the wine trade, in 1984, and regularly judges and lectures about wine around the world. She is also responsible for many of the standard reference books on wine including The Oxford Companion to Wine and, with Hugh Johnson, The World Atlas of Wine and has presented several award-winning television programmes including Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course and Vintners’ Tales. Winner of many international awards, she was awarded an OBE in 2003.

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