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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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May 1, 2017 admin

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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April 28, 2017 admin

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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Tags: Apple Dokument.zip mac macOS malware OSX.Dok phishing

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April 25, 2017 admin

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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Tags: Apple Apple ID celebgate icloud iCloud ID iOS App Store iPhone mac Mac App Store scam tech support tech support scam TSS

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April 10, 2017 admin

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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April 6, 2017 admin

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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March 26, 2017 admin

How to Protect Your iCloud Account, Juuust in Case Those Hackers Aren’t Joking

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 11:00:55 +0000

Hackers claim that they’ll wipe out hundreds of millions of iCloud accounts on April 7. Apple says there’s no breach. Here’s what to do in the meantime. The post How to Protect Your iCloud Account, Juuust in Case Those Hackers Aren’t Joking appeared first on WIRED.

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March 23, 2017 admin

WikiLeaks Reveals How the CIA Can Hack a Mac’s Hidden Code

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:09:19 +0000

The leak shows how physical access hacks can plant undetectable spying code deep in a Macbook’s firmware. The post WikiLeaks Reveals How the CIA Can Hack a Mac’s Hidden Code appeared first on WIRED.