There are a lot of reasons Mac users don’t sweat getting infected. One: They’ve got a built-in anti-malware system called XProtect…
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A week in security (August 21 – August 27)
In our blog posts, we announced the introduction of, and explained the necessity for, real-time protection for our Mac and Android…
Solution Corner: Malwarebytes for Mac
Mac users have been told for years: Macs don’t get viruses. Even Apple said so, in their famous Get a Mac…
New Mac Malware-as-a-Service offerings
A couple weeks ago, two new Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) offerings for the Mac became available. These two offerings – a backdoor named MacSpy and…
HandBrake hacked to drop new variant of Proton malware
Last year, the Transmission torrent app was hacked not just once, but twice, to install the KeRanger ransomware and, later, the…
Snake malware ported from Windows to Mac
Snake, also known as Turla and Uroburos, is backdoor malware that has been around and infecting Windows systems since at least…
Another OSX.Dok dropper found installing new backdoor
On Friday a sophisticated Mac Trojan was discovered, called OSX.Dok, which installs malware designed to intercept all HTTP and HTTPS traffic. This…
New OSX.Dok malware intercepts web traffic
Most Mac malware tends to be unsophisticated. Although it has some rather unpolished and awkward aspects, a new piece of Mac…
iCloud support scams
iCloud is an increasingly large target for scams of all kinds. It’s a common target for scams involving phishing e-mails. The…
A week in security (Mar 6th – Mar 12th)
Last week, we had a bumper crop of blog posts for you to get your teeth into, including our Cybercrime Tactics…