Tag: Mac Malware
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An Insidious Mac Malware Is Growing More Sophisticated
Mac malware known as UpdateAgent has been spreading for more than a year, and it is growing increasingly malevolent as its developers add …
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New Variant of UpdateAgent Malware Infects Mac Computers with Adware
Microsoft on Wednesday shed light on a previously undocumented Mac trojan that it said has underwent several iterations since its first …
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New Mac Malware Samples Underscore Growing Threat
A handful of malicious tools that emerged last year showed threat actors may be getting more serious about attacking Apple macOS and iOS …
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Apple Exec Calls Mac Malware Levels Unacceptable Under Oath
The Ransomware Problem isn’t getting any better. In fact, it’s poised to get even worse, as cybercriminals have begin experimenting with double-encryption ransomware attacks. …
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Hackers Targeting Apple’s M1 Chip with Mac Malware
According to California-based tech firm Cupertino, the chip is equipped with security protections deeply embedded into its code execution …
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Mac Malware Targets Apple’s In-House M1 Processor
Three months after Apple launched its new M1 system-on-a-chip (SoC), cybercriminals have developed what may be the first malicious macOS …
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Mac ThiefQuest malware may not be ransomware after all
April 30, 2012 – Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is under constant attack. 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per …
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New Mac ransomware spreading through piracy
A Twitter user going by the handle @beatsballert messaged me yesterday after learning of an apparently malicious Little Snitch installer …
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Sneaky Mac Malware Is Posing as Flash Downloads
We can’t guarantee that this is the wildest story you’ll read all week, but it certainly sets the bar high: Last August, six former eBay …
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North Korea Is Recycling Mac Malware. That’s Not the Worst Part
For years, North Korea’s Lazarus Group hackers have plundered and pillaged the global internet, scamming and infecting digital devices …
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Mac threat detections on the rise in 2019
Conventional wisdom has been that, although not invulnerable to cyberthreats (as some old Apple ads would have you believe), Macs are …
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Synthetic clicks and the macOS flaw Apple can’t seem to fix
What’s more embarrassing than a researcher revealing a security oversight in a company’s software? In the case of Apple, it would be …
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