Remember the Boonana trojan horse that was in the wild for Mac OS X last month? A variant—the trojan.osx.boonana.b—has now been discovered that acts in much the same way as the original malware. SecureMac has been able to identify two+ websites that are hosting this trojan via update code for the malware. This is a little different from the original trojan which tricked users into running and installing the malware themselves.

SecureMac is reporting a new Trojan horse that threatens the Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 installation. AppleScript.THT, a new variant of the infamous Trojan Horse virus, is originating from a hacked website through iChat and Limewire. The Trojan horse allows a malicious user to access a system remotely and transmit system and user passwords. more »