[Full-disclosure] mac trojan in-the-wild

[David Harley]

> you'll be *prompted* for 
> the root password, not asked to run it as root.  Big 
> difference, and one that many users do not appreciate at all.

Good point. A lot has been made of the number of steps involved, but if you
accept the manifest impossibility that -any- Mac user would ever fall for
social engineering, it really isn't that hard to wind the garrotte round
your own neck.

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