iPhone worm can act like botnet say experts

A second worm to hit the iPhone has been unearthed by security company F-Secure.

It is specifically targeting people in the Netherlands who are using their iPhones for internet banking with Dutch online bank ING.
It redirects the bank's customers to a lookalike site with a log-in screen.

The worm attacks "jail-broken" phones - a modification which enables the user to run non-Apple approved software on their handset.

The handsets at risk also have SSH (secure shell) installed.

Read the full story at BBC News

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Symantec Spots Worm Targeting Jailbroken Apple iPhone Phones

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs

"Malware hunters at Symantec have discovered a direct link between a malicious file embedded in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork 09 software and what appears to be the first Mac OS X botnet launching denial-of-service attacks.

Writing in the current issue of Virus Bulletin (subscription required), researchers Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli found two malware variants — OSX.Iservice and OSX.Iservice.B — using different techniques to obtain the user’s password and take control of the infected Mac machine."

Read the full ZD Net article

World's First Mac Botnet? Not Quite.

"This morning, as I scrolled down the list of security Web sites I normally check via my RSS reader, I noticed several items referencing news about the "world's first Mac botnet." As I read on, it became clear this was neither news nor a first."

Read the full story from the The Washington Post

However you can't get this Trojan horse virus unless you are attempting to steal Apple software uploaded to ButTorrent. Notice the user has to search out and download this software unlike many a windows virus. ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X.