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MP3Concept
MP3Concept is the first trojan horse (computing), trojan horse for Mac OS X, created around April 2004. MP3Concept is benign, it was designed as a proof of concept regarding how a file can be disguised to an end user in a graphical user interface, GUI environment on Mac OS X. It is an application bundle (Mac OS X), bundle that looks like an MP3 file. When launched, it plays a clip of a man laughing. Since its creation Apple Inc., Apple has added additional verifications to the Macintosh Finder, Finder to prevent such an attack. Antivirus software also now looks for its characteristics as well. External linksSymantec profile - a simple utility by The Iconfactory to verify files are files, not applications 2004 software Trojan horses MacOS-only proprietary software {{mac-software-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trojan Horse (computing)
In computing, a Trojan horse is any malware that misleads users of its true intent. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of Troy. Trojans generally spread by some form of social engineering; for example, where a user is duped into executing an email attachment disguised to appear innocuous (e.g., a routine form to be filled in), or by clicking on some fake advertisement on social media or anywhere else. Although their payload can be anything, many modern forms act as a backdoor, contacting a controller who can then have unauthorized access to the affected computer. Ransomware attacks are often carried out using a Trojan. Unlike computer viruses and worms, Trojans generally do not attempt to inject themselves into other files or otherwise propagate themselves. Use of the term It's not clear where or when the concept, and this term for it, was first used, but by 1971 the first Unix manual assumed its r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |