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Snake malware ported from Windows to Mac

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 14:00:41 +0000

Snake, also known as Turla and Uroburos, is backdoor malware that has been around and infecting Windows systems since at least 2008. It is thought to be Russian governmental malware and on Windows is highly-sophisticated. It was even seen infecting Linux systems in 2014. Now, it appears to have been ported to Mac.

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Another OSX.Dok dropper found installing new backdoor

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 18:16:41 +0000

On Friday a sophisticated Mac Trojan was discovered, called OSX.Dok, which installs malware designed to intercept all HTTP and HTTPS traffic. This morning, Adam Thomas, a Malwarebytes researcher, found a variant of the OSX.Dok dropper that behaves altogether differently and installs a completely different payload.

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New OSX.Dok malware intercepts web traffic

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:00:07 +0000

Most Mac malware tends to be unsophisticated. Although it has some rather unpolished and awkward aspects, a new piece of Mac malware, dubbed OSX.Dok, breaks out of that typical mold.

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iCloud support scams

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:00:07 +0000

Stay on the lookout for a new iCloud scam. A Malwarebytes employee reported receiving multiple calls claiming to be from Apple Support and asking for her credentials.

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A week in security (Apr 03 – Apr 09)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:59:26 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 3rd of April to the 9th. We focused on the 3-2-1 rule, further dissected Diamond Fox, and revealed a malvertising campaign targeting iOS users.

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Malvertising on iOS pushes eyebrow-raising VPN app

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:10:49 +0000

A malvertising campaign on iOS is pushing a scareware page tricking Apple users into installing a free VPN app that comes with serious privacy implications.

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