…And Nobody Seemed to Pay Attention
Even after Symantec admitted in a phone interview that the so called “Trojan Horse” titled “OSX.Exploit.Launchd” is not in the wild–that is, it has not attacked anyone’s computer–still, about a dozen sites, like this one, this one, and this one, and many blogs like this one and this one have picked up the story that it is in the wild and that it is a threat, though a low-risk one. The fact is, it is not a threat at all–in fact, despite being a trojan, no one seems to have any idea how it fools the user into allowing it onto their computer.
If any of the news organizations (and to a lesser degree, the blogs) want to maintain credibility in reporting computer news, they had better stop simply picking up news releases from anti-virus companies and printing them verbatim, and start actually checking out whether or not the stories are fabrications intended to stir up business for the companies.