Intego Wins Mac Antivirus Malware Detection Test (Again!)
The Safe Mac has published the results of a comprehensive Mac antivirus malware detection test that compared the performance...
Tag Archives: Malware
New OSX/Crisis Variant Invokes Pope Francis
A new sample of OSX/Crisis, the too popular Da Vinci rootkit from Hacking Team, reached our Malware Lab during the...
Why the Flashback Botnet is a Threat
Last week, Intego’s Malware Research Team released new details about OSX/Flashback, which shows that the Flashback botnet is adrift...
Flashback Botnet is Adrift
In 2011, Intego’s Malware Research Team discovered OSX/Flashback.A, a trojan horse that used social engineering to trick users into...
Why You Need an Outbound Firewall
Outbound firewall protection is arguably the more important component of two-way firewall software, at least from an anti-malware perspective....
New OSX/Crisis or Business Cards Gone Wild
In these days of computer conspiracies, the Mac is not left out. A new variant of Remote Control System, Hacking...
Mac Antivirus Malware Detection Test Ranks Intego #1
Security Spread has published the results of an extensive malware detection test showing which Mac antivirus application does the...
New Cross-Platform Backdoor Trojans Used in Targeted Attack
Security researchers have discovered three trojan horse applications, now posted to VirusTotal, which appear to be part of a...
Apple Updates XProtect Malware Definitions for Leverage Trojan
Following the appearance of a new Leverage trojan, Apple has issued an update to its Xprotect malware definitions. This...
New Mac Trojan Discovered Related to Syria
A new Mac Trojan has been discovered that creates a backdoor on an affected user’s machine. It was found...