By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek
August 24, 2012 10:16 AM
Going once, going twice: The new NetWeird toolkit can be used to infect Apple OS X systems, converting Macs into zombies ready to do your botnet bidding, with prices starting at just $60.
That's the pitch for cross-platform malware that's been recently spotted for sale on underground forums by information security researchers at Mac antivirus software maker Intego.
All told, remote-access and data-pilfering malware "can monitor running processes, send shell commands, take screenshots, download and run files, and identify front-most window titles," according to an analysis of NetWeird (a.k.a. NetWrdRC) published by Sophos. In ....
