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Unwanted cryptomining debuts (briefly) in Mac App Store
Qbix, Inc.'s app Calendar 2, available in the Mac App Store, includes a new "feature" that uses your Mac's...
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OSX/Coldroot and the RAT invasion
The past several weeks have brought to light three distinct families of RAT malware for Macs. We’ve previously covered CrossRAT and EvilOSX, and in this article...
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To beta or not to beta – Intego Mac Podcast, Episode 20
The Intego Mac Podcast episode 20 is now available! Is it a good idea to join Apple’s public beta...
New EvilOSX Malware Spotlights Risk of Poor Password Hygiene
Around the same time OSX/Dok was discovered last year, a remote access tool (RAT) for macOS and OS X...
OSX/Shlayer: New Mac malware comes out of its shell
Intego malware researchers discovered a new kind of fake Flash Player updater, which uses Shell scripts to decode dropper(s)...
New CrossRAT Malware Used in Global Cyber-Espionage Campaign
Researchers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Lookout have published a security research report analyzing a global government-sponsored APT group, called...
¡Ay, MaMi! New DNS-hijacking Mac malware discovered
UPDATE: On January 17, we added additional information about the malware’s method of persistence and another file dropped by the...
Watch Out! A Fake Antivirus Blog is Distributing Proton Malware
A new variant of OSX/Proton has been uncovered this week by malware researcher “noar” (@noarfromspace). The previous iteration of Proton malware, discovered...
Month in review: Apple security in October 2017
October has been another busy month! There’s a new variant of the Proton malware, a Wi-Fi “KRACK” attack affecting...
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OSX/Proton Malware is Back! Here’s What Mac Users Need to Know
Last May, a download server of popular video encoding software, called Handbrake, was compromised by malware. Users downloading Handbrake...