full-disclosure - Trojan Horse for Mac OS X

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Message-ID: <200404092254.i39MsV804092@netsys.com>
From: larry at larryseltzer.com (Larry Seltzer)
Subject: Trojan Horse for Mac OS X

>> This technique wouldn't work now because Mail.app, and probably all 
>> modern mail client. Will not let you execute code from within the mail 
>> client. 

>Completely untrue. Mail.app will ask you if you want to open the app just like Outlook
Express on Windows does.

Actually, Outlook Express and Outlook will (by default) strip all executable attachments
before you even get them. They've done this for some time.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer
larryseltzer@...fdavis.com