Mac OS X Trojan steals data, uses your GPU to mine Bitcoins

We've been getting fake phone calls from people claiming they are from windows security
Never trust anyone over the phone.

I say if they are legit, let them walk in the front door. Yeah I know, thats a bit extreme but you get the picture. It's way too easy for anyone to contact you using a phone.
 
I remember reading another article about people doing that. I think India was mentioned but I'm not sure.
 
but they can't be realistically expected to protect people from themselves
True in the ideal world and certainly true from my perspective anyway... but in fact as producers of software which holds the users' hand and wipes their **** for them, that's quite arguably what apple are all about.

Never trust anyone over the phone.

I say if they are legit, let them walk in the front door. Yeah I know, thats a bit extreme but you get the picture. It's way too easy for anyone to contact you using a phone.
+1

You cannot even trust supposedly legit companies. Call Centres, especially those located out in the east, are often infiltrated by crooks.
 
HELP!!! I think i have may been a victim of the same thing. i was surfing the net of my macbook air and received a random message from a stranger on Skype. so i replied, trying to figure out who it was. 20 mins later, I realized this person was only speaking to me to stall time…. but for what? I did some research on it and come to a conclusion that the stranger was stealing my personal information! So i turned my wifi off as soon as i realized. What kinds of things can they steal from my macbook air? What can i do? Please help!
 
This is not even a blip on the Apple Fan Club's radar.

It should be self evident that this is the fault of Nvidia and Radeon. Apple doesn't make mistakes, and Apple's OS doesn't get infections, period...:rolleyes:

We've been getting fake phone calls from people claiming they are from windows security
I remember reading another article about people doing that. I think India was mentioned but I'm not sure.
That's really India's chief export isn't it, telemarketing phone calls using fake English name's? Who knew that an answering machine set to, "announce only", could prevent computer malware infections.
 
Wake up: Regardless of the OS, any application you install can come with an embedded Trojan. :sigh:
 
I am here from the future 2016 (basically 2017). And here to say I shall revive this topic.
"A newly discovered malware threat that targets Mac OS X systems has been found. Known as DevilRobber or Miner-D, this…"

Go back to whatever delusion of a time period you imagine yourself to be from, and tell your imaginary friends there, "don't steal software". It will come forward to haunt you whenever you go.

And BTW, save any more worthless sh!t posts you might have for an active thread. Since your post doesn't attach to, or move this topic forward, it's off topic, and you'll get reported for the next one.
 
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