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Multiple companies operating in the cryptocurrency sector are the target of an ongoing malware campaign that involves a newly discovered Apple macOS backdoor codenamed RustDoor. RustDoor was first documented by Bitdefender last week, describing it as a Rust-based malware capable of harvesting and uploading files, as well as gathering information about the infected machines. It’s […]
The Iranian nation-state actor known as TA453 has been linked to a new set of spear-phishing attacks that infect both Windows and macOS operating systems with malware. “TA453 eventually used a variety of cloud hosting providers to deliver a novel infection chain that deploys the newly identified PowerShell backdoor GorjolEcho,” Proofpoint said in a new […]
The North Korea-backed Lazarus Group has been observed targeting job seekers with malware capable of executing on Apple Macs with Intel and M1 chipsets. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET linked it to a campaign dubbed “Operation In(ter)ception” that was first disclosed in June 2020 and involved using social engineering tactics to trick employees working in the […]
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 […]
Researchers discovered a new malware that infect MacOS via malicious website by disguised as WhatsApp official website where it also drops a malware for Windows Operating system. Attackers are targeting both Windows and MacOS operating system to injecting a backdoor that helps to execute malicious code from a remote server. Backdoor named as Mac.BackDoor.Siggen.20 gets on […]
A new dangerous Mac Malware discovered that stealing the cookies when users visiting a website that belongs to cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service along with saved credentials from Chrome Browers. “Web cookies are widely used for authentication. Once a user logs into a website, its cookies are stored for the web server to know the […]
A cyber espionage APT group called Lazarus hits the cryptocurrency exchanges using fake installer and macOS malware using variously sophisticated techniques. Lazarus group widely known for cyber attacks against various financial institutions and they have successfully compromised several banks and other financial sectors. In this case attackers targeting various platform and developing malware based on […]
Hackers targeting Cryptocurrency users On Slack and Discord chat platforms with MACOS Malware dubbed OSX.Dummy. The malware targeted users in crypto related chat groups Slack or Discord by impersonating admins or key people. Attackers shared small snippets which result in downloading the malware said Remco Verhoef, who spotted the malware first. Hackers trick’s users to […]
The US Department of Justice issued an indictment Wednesday against an Ohio computer programmer accused of creating and installing MacOS Malware on thousands of computers for more than 13 years. According to the indictment, 28-year-old Philip R. Duracinsky is the alleged author of the FruitFly malware, which was discovered last year against Apple Mac users […]