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Two 'Adium' stories July 2012 - July 2014

Support for .Mac and .Me AIM logins ends for OS X 10.7.1 or earlier, newer versions unaffected

As Apple previously announced in April, today marks the end of support for AIM in iChat using a me.com or mac.com ID for Macs running OS X Lion 10.7.1 or earlier. While some reports are claiming the change also appears to be affecting users on newer versions of OS X, we’ve confirmed with sources with knowledge of the situation that users running 10.7.2 or higher, including Yosemite, will continue to have support for AIM.
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Morcut/Crisis Mac malware capable of monitoring location, webcam, address book, more

We told you yesterday about the Trojan named “Crisis“, also being referred to as “OSX/Morcut-A”, discovered for OS X, but it is considered low risk for users. Today, we get some more details about the trojan with security company Sophos explaining the Morcut Malware features code for controlling the following:

mouse coordinates

instant messengers (for instance, Skype [including call data], Adium and MSN Messenger)

location

internal webcam

clipboard contents

key presses

running applications

web URLs

screenshots

internal microphone

calendar data & alerts

device information

address book contents

The malware appears to have been specifically created with spying on the user as its goal. There have not been any reported cases of infected users, though, so the threat is still considered low risk.