First Mac-based botnet, how to Virtualize for free & a new forum

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Mac Zombies
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First Mac-based botnet becomes active, in the form of iServices, a Trojan infection accompanying some pirated versions of iWork '09 and Photoshop CS4. Infected Macs turn into zombies and start Although downloaded at least 20,000 times by the end of January, the Trojan's payload has remained dormant for some time. It causes excessive CPU usage on a Mac, and instigates denial-of-service attacks on websites. The trojan only activates if you willingly execute and provide Administration password during its installation.

But if you suspect you have it - don't worry, getting rid of it is easy, if you suspect you're a zombie learn how here.

As with all Trojan Horse prevention advice, be wary of what you download and install - and be suspicious of any installation that requires root access.

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Open Sourced Virtualization
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Meanwhile, for Virtualization geeks : Don't want to pay for either VMWare Fusion or Parellels because it's not free? Sun has come up with a solution in the form of VirtualBox, which is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Learn more about this here.

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New Forum - "Security"
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As a result of the iServices Trojan precaution, we have opened up a new forum "Security" - The World's Most Secure Vault is useless if you forget to lock it, let people in or put a post-it note of the number combinations right next to it.

Learn more about security, what the meaning of "Social Engineering" is and how to prevent it. All Mac users should know about it and are encouraged to ask questions regarding it.

That's it for our third newsletter. We hope you will participate in these discussions soon.