No “Apple magic” as 11% of macOS detections last year came from malware
Last year, 11% of all detections on Macs were caused by malware. The illuminating figure gives a view into the world of Mac cyberthreats.
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Malicious meeting invite fix targets Mac users
Scammers are attacking Mac users interested in cryptocurrencies using a fake fix for a meeting link that won’t work.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:56:43 +0000
Malicious hackers are targeting people in the cryptocurrency space in attacks that start with a link added to the target’s account at Calendly, a popular free calendar application for scheduling appointments and meetings. The attackers impersonate established cryptocurrency investors and ask to schedule a video conference call. But clicking the meeting link provided by the scammers prompts the user to run a script that quietly installs malware on macOS systems.
Read moreMac threat detections on the rise in 2019
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:40:06 +0000
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| For the first time ever, Mac threats broke into Malwarebytes’ top five overall detections of 2019. Take a look at this and other telemetry that shows Mac malware is certainly on the rise. Categories: Tags: browser extensionsMac adwaremac malwaremac telemetrymac threat detectionsmac threatsnewtabpotentially unwanted programsPUPssafari |
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