• Mac OS X,  Mac Security

    HellRaiser

    A new variant of HellRaiser is now out there. It is being called OSX/HellRTS.D and in order to get infected you would have to run a server daemon, shown below. HellRaiser is a RealBasic-based trojan horse that gives control of a Mac OS X system to an attacker. This can include searching through the file system and then transferring files, viewing the clipboard, sending audio, sending chats, viewing the screen, showing pictures, viewing spotlight indexes, controlling mail and rebooting (see the tabs below). A number of products will detect the OSX/HellRTS.D. trojan horse when using the latest definition updates, including the following (which links to the HellRaiser entry for each vendor):…