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Mac adware is more sophisticated and dangerous than traditional Mac malware

February 27, 2020 0 Comments adware, bundlore, crossrider, mac, mac adware, mac threats, MacOS, Macs, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, surfbuyer

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:34:48 +0000

Adware and PUPs can actually be far more invasive and dangerous on the Mac than “real” malware. We demonstrate with analysis of Crossrider, a sophisticated Mac adware that uses evasion and persistence techniques more complex than nation-state malware.

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Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 0 Comments 2020 state of malware report, adware, Android, android malware, Data privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, mac, MacOS, Ransomware, Reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, state of malware, state of malware report, trickbot, Trojans, Web threats, Windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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Mac threat detections on the rise in 2019

December 16, 2019 0 Comments browser extensions, mac, mac adware, mac malware, mac telemetry, mac threat detections, mac threats, newtab, potentially unwanted programs, PUPs, Safari

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:40:06 +0000

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.

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Office for Mac 2011 users warned about SYLK file format

November 5, 2019 0 Comments Apple, cert/cc, mac, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, security threats, sylk, Technologies, vulnerability, Windows, xml macro

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:14:21 +0000

Still running Office 2011 on a Mac? If so, there are at least two reasons why that might not be a good idea.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HjBh551ovHI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution

October 2, 2019 0 Comments Apple, apple lightening cable, hak5, iOS, lightening cable, lightening charger, lockscream, mac, malware, NSA, o.mg, Operating Systems, Organisations, OS X, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:27:19 +0000

This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/P7a9UkBNKp0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New iOS exploit checkm8 allows permanent compromise of iPhones

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Apple, apple security, apple vulnerability, checkm8, Exploit, exploits, iOS, ios exploit, mac, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:48:42 +0000

A new exploit for iOS enables attackers to gain permanent access to iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and more—with zero potential for patching. Learn why this is possibly the biggest security news for iOS since its inception.

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Apple users, patch now! The ‘bug that got away’ has been fixed

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Apple, cve-2019-8641, Google, iPhone, mac, Patch, rce, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:13:21 +0000

Apple has now patched the patch that Google said didn’t patch the hole it was supposed to.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vMQXw1rIjGw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome cripples movie studio Mac Pros

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Apple, avid, Bug, chrome, Chrome browser, Google, Google Chrome, mac, Organisations, OS X, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:54:59 +0000

A few days ago, movie editors started reporting that Mac Pros running Avid software were crashing throughout Hollywood.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BZ_Snk9ZWg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Unprecedented new iPhone malware discovered

August 30, 2019 0 Comments Apple, iOS, ios infection, ios malware, iPhone, iphone malware, mac, malware infection, trident, zero day, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:40:24 +0000

Google announced late last night that hacked websites have been used to drop iPhone malware on unsuspecting users over a two-year period. Thomas Reed investigates.

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