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Microsoft on Wednesday shed light on a previously undocumented Mac trojan that it said has undergone several iterations since its first appearance in September 2020, effectively granting it an “increasing progression of sophisticated capabilities.” The company’s Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team dubbed the new malware family “UpdateAgent,” charting its evolution from a barebones information […]
Notorious hacking group Lazarus which is also behind the widespread WannaCry ransomware is trying to infect Mac users with new malware that uses ‘fileless’ technique to hide from antivirus software. As highlighted by Patrick Wardle, a Mac security expert, this new malware deploys in-memory execution or fileless infection that involves malware not writing anything to […]
Most people think that there’s little if any, Mac malware in the civilized world. Unfortunately, that impression is just wishful thinking. Well, we have seen how things shaped in 2018, and the increased targeting of the macOS platform by APT groups. We also saw how the criminals tried to exploit cryptomining and targeting those who […]
Some Mac apps are so persistent that you can’t use traditional methods to remove them. Even if you do, there will always be some app remnants that clog up your system’s memory and resources. Programs like malware are case in point. They’re notoriously hard to remove, and even if you get rid of the main […]
Mac users are often told that they don’t need antivirus software, because there are no Mac viruses. However, this is not true at all, as Macs actually are affected by malware, and have been for most of their existence. Even the first well-known virus—Elk Cloner—affected Apple computers rather than MS-DOS computers. In 2018, the state of […]
Hackers are selling the malware all over the dark web. Hackers are now selling malware for Mac devices straight out on the dark web. They claim the malware is undetectable and provides hackers with the ability to take full control over MacOS devices by evading antivirus software. Proton, as it has been named, the malware […]
Xagent for Macs steals passwords, grabs screenshots, and exfiltrates iPhone backups. APT28, the Russian hacking group tied to last year’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, has long been known for its advanced arsenal of tools for penetrating Windows, iOS, Android, and Linux devices. Now, researchers have uncovered an equally sophisticated malware package the group […]
The malware dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor is embedded surreptitiously in the fake app EasyDoc Coverter.app and allows to control your webcam from the dark web Following the first ever instance of mac ransomware, recently reported by Palo Alto Networks. A second piece of malware has been discovered in the wild. The malicious software dubbed Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor or OSX/Eleanor-A comes […]