Wow in seara asta Apple a plasat ultima piatra din drumul care duce spre iPhone 3.0. Dupa cum spun ei in poza de mai jos … iTunes 8.2 suporta iPhone 3.0

Acum … pe langa asta se pare ca nu vor fi bube cu cei ce au iPhone-uri mai vechi si hackuite.

QuickTime imbunatateste stabilitatea, securitatea si compatibilitatea, bon, astea sunt vesti bune

GrageBand imbunatateste modul de achizitionare a lectiilor cumparate (alea cu artisti faimosi) si permite accesul mai usor la Jam Pack-urile care sunt puse in browserul din program (asta ii pentru utilizatorii mai avansati de GarageBand, ca si Moga, Dany DJ si restu’ care fac muzica pe Mac-uri cu GarageBand ).

Asta daca un Sony OQO este considerat un netbook. Ruleaza si Boxee … COOL !!!

Sursa: 9to5mac.com

De ce e asa de important acest numar?

Pai am facut 400 de postari … asta ii a 401-a postare … inca putin si ajung la 500.

Buba ii ca nu-s sigur ca ajung la 500 inainte de a face un an de blogging … oare ajung eu sa ma declar blogger de 1 an? yep … mai ales ca treaba mere bine … 137 comentarii … (jumate is ale mele )

Na … ca o scurtez, mai am de munca si apoi somn … maine o reiau, munca …

Daca ai de gand sa iei de pe torrente noul Adobe CS4 … si vrei sa ii faci crack … mai gandeste-te … ii cu un nou troian … asadar … mai bine cu licenta …

Iata si detaliile:

Exploit: OSX.Trojan.iServices.B Trojan Horse
Discovered: January 25, 2009
Risk: Serious
Description: Intego has discovered a new variant of the iServices Trojan horse that the company discovered on January 22, 2009. This new Trojan horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.B, like the previous version, is found in pirated software distributed via BitTorrent trackers and other sites containing links to pirated software.

OSX.Trojan.iServices.B Trojan horse is found bundled with copies of Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Mac. The actual Photoshop installer is clean, but the Trojan horse is found in a crack application that serializes the program.

After downloading this version of Photoshop, users will run the crack application to be able to use it. The crack application extracts an executable from its data, than installs a backdoor in /var/tmp/, a directory which is not deleted when the computer is restarted. (If the user runs the crack application again, the Trojan horse creates a new executable with a different name; these random names make it harder to ensure safe removal of the malware.)

The crack application then requests an administrator password, launching the backdoor with root privileges. This copies the executable to /usr/bin/DivX, then creates a startup item in /System/Library/StartupItems/DivX. The program checks to see if it has been launched with root privileges, then saves the root hash password in the file /var/root/.DivX. It listens on a random TCP port, and answers requests such as GET / HTTP/1.0 by sending a 209-byte packet, and makes repeated connections to two IP addresses. Next, the crack application opens a disk image which is hidden in its resource folder, in a folder named .data, and proceeds to crack the Photoshop program, allowing it to be used.

Since the malicious software connects to a remote server over the Internet, the creator of this malware will be alerted that this Trojan horse is installed on different Macs, and will have the ability to connect to them and perform various actions remotely. The Trojan horse may also download additional components to an infected Mac.

Asadar: GRIJA MARE !!!

Aici este link la removal tool.

Asadar … de data asta … v-am salvat … asta spun cei de pe un site specializat. Ramane ca data viitoare sa fiti mai atenti … si atentie MARE la ce downloadati de pe Internet pe viitor.

Daca ai de gand sa iti downloadezi ultima versiune de iWork ’09 … mai gandeste-te … au facut un troian baietii rai (hackeri) care abia au asteptat ca sa poata profita de naivitatea si de zgarcenia unor utilizatori de Mac OS X.

Iata si detaliile:

Exploit: OSX.Trojan.iServices.A Trojan Horse
Discovered: January 21, 2009
Risk: Serious

Description: Intego has discovered a new Trojan horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.A, which is currently circulating in copies of Apple’s iWork 09 found on BitTorrent trackers and other sites containing links to pirated software. The version of iWork 09, Apple’s productivity suite, are complete and functional, but the installer contains an additional package called iWorkServices.pkg.

When installing iWork 09, the iWorkServices package is installed. The installer for the Trojan horse is launched as soon as a user begins the installation of iWork, following the installer’s request of an administrator password (in older versions of Mac OS X, 10.5.1 or earlier, there will be no password request). This software is installed as a startup item (in /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices, a location reserved normally for Apple startup items), where it has read-write-execute permissions for root.
The malicious software connects to a remote server over the Internet; this means that a malicious user will be alerted that this Trojan horse is installed on different Macs, and will have the ability to connect to them and perform various actions remotely. The Trojan horse may also download additional components to an infected Mac.

Si pe scurt in Romana: in varianta virusata este un fisier: iWorkServices, care se instaleaza impreuna cu restul pachetelor in locatia: /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices. Acesta solicita introducerea parolei de administrator, acest lucru nu este necesar decat la versiuni mai noi decat 10.5.1. Obtinand astfel dreptul de a se rula la pornirea Mac OS X, cu drepturi de read-write-execute (adica sa faca orice). Ulterior se conecteaza la un server via Internet. Hackeri au astfel puterea de a instala si alte componente ale sale si sa infecteze complet Mac-ul tau.

Asadar … nu fi zgarcit daca vrei sa ai sistemul tau Mac sigur si fara virusi/troieni.

Update: Iata si o serie de comenzi care pot indeparta in mare parte troianul … da’ ii indicat sa iti pui si un antivirus daca tot l-ai prins.

Comenzile:

1) (open Terminal.app)
2) sudo su (enter password)
3) rm -r /System/Library/StartupItems/iWorkServices
4) rm /private/tmp/.iWorkServices
5) rm /usr/bin/iWorkServices
6) rm -r /Library/Receipts/iWorkServices.pkg
7) killall -9 iWorkServices

A venit un update major pt. Mac OS X – 10.5.6.

Mai jos este lista de imbunatatiri:

Products Affected

Mail, Mac OS X 10.5, iCal 3.x, MobileMe Sync, iChat, AirPort, Safari

What’s new in this update?

Address Book

• Improves reliability of Address Book syncing with iPhone and other devices and applications.

AirPort

• Improves the reliability of AirPort connections, including improvements when roaming in large wireless networks with an Intel-based Mac.

Client management

• Improves reliability of synchronizing files on a portable home directory.
• Fixes an issue in Mac OS X 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 in which managed users may not see printers that use the Generic PPD.
• Client computers that use UUID-based ByHost preferences now respect managed Screen Saver settings.

iChat

• Addresses an issue that could cause an encryption alert to appear in the chat window.
• Setting your iChat status to “invisible” via AppleScript no longer logs you out of iChat.
• Resolves an issue in which pasting text from a Microsoft Office document could insert an image rather than text.

Graphics

• Includes general improvements to gaming performance.
• Includes graphics improvements for iChat, Cover Flow, Aperture, and iTunes.
• Includes fixes for possible graphics distortion issues with certain ATI graphics cards.

Mail

• Includes overall performance and reliability fixes.
• Improves Connection Doctor accuracy.
• Fixes an issue that could cause messages identified as junk to remain in the inbox.
• Fixes an issue that could cause Mail to append a character to the file extension of an attachment.
• Addresses an issue that could prevent Mail from quitting.
• Improves reliability when printing PDF attachments.

MobileMe

• Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on a Mac automatically sync within a minute of the change being made on the computer, another device, or the web at me.com.

Networking

• Improves Apple File Service performance, especially when using a home directory hosted on an AFP server. Important: If you are using Mac OS X 10.5.6 (client) to connect to a Mac OS X Server 10.4-based server, it is strongly recommended that you update the server to Mac OS X Server version 10.4.11.
• Improves the performance and reliability of TCP connections.
• Improves reliability and performance for AT&T 3G cards.
• Updates the ssh Terminal command for compatibility with more ssh servers.

Printing

• Improves printing for the Adobe CS3 application suite.
• Improves printing for USB-based Brother and Canon printers.

Parental Controls

• Addresses an issue in which a parentally-controlled account could be unable to access the iTunes Store.
• Includes general fixes for time limits.
• Resolves an issue that prevented adding allowed websites from Safari via drag and drop.

Time Machine

• Fixes issues that could cause Time Machine to state the backup volume could not be found.
• Improves Time Machine reliability with Time Capsule.

Safari

• Improves compatibility with web proxy servers.

General

• Includes Mac OS X security improvements. See this website for more information.
• Addresses inaccuracies with Calculator when the Mac OS X language is set to German or Swiss German.
• Improves the performance and reliability of Chess.
• Improves DVD Player performance and reliability.
• Performance improvements for iCal are included.
• Fixes an issue when running the New iCal Events Automator action as an applet.
• Adds a Trackpad System Preference pane for portable Macs.
• Improves compatibility with smart cards such as the U.S. Department of Defense Common Access Card.
• Updates time zone data and Daylight Saving Time rules for several countries.