Cross Platform Virus

News of a cross platform Virus has made headlines today across the internet. While this Virus is only a Proof of Concept, meaning it contains no malicious code. You can be sure that it is only a matter of time before someone will take advantage of this.

Currently this cross platform virus is meant to infect the ELF binaries in Linux and the .exe files in Windows. However, with the recent announcement that Macs with the Intel chips will now be able to boot to windows I wonder how long it will be before we see a cross platform virus that will infect both of them.

All of this could lead to an interesting future in the computer security industry. I am also sure if this happens most apple users will not be too happy at all.