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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.
Read MoreCredit 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 Shows How the CIA Can Hack a Mac’s Hidden Code appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:00:40 +0000
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| According to a report from Motherboard, a group of hackers calling themselves “Turkish Crime Family” is threatening to remotely erase devices belonging to hundreds of millions of Apple customers. They will do this on April 7, they say, if Apple doesn’t pay them a ransom. Categories: Tags: AppleApple IDdata breachicloudiOSiPhonephishing |
The post Hackers threaten to wipe Apple devices appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:42:55 +0000
Cybercrime is a business. Professional criminals refine their processes, measure performance, and regularly evaluate the return on their investments. Every move is strategic. We see this time and time again with ransomware campaigns and throughout the underground. Which is why the latest report from Joseph Cox at Motherboard is mind boggling. Joseph brings us the…
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:00:40 +0000
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| There are many Mac security myths circulating among users. So how can you tell if the advice you’re reading is fact or fallacy? Read on to find out! Categories: Tags: adwareApplemacMac securitymacOSmalwarePUPs |
The post Mac security facts and fallacies appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:00:33 +0000
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| On Valentine’s Day, Mac users got a special “treat” in the form of new malware. Now, just a week later, there are signs of yet another piece of malware looming. This brings the count of malware (as opposed to adware or other threats) discovered for macOS this year up to 4, in only two short months. Categories: Tags: Anti-MalwareAppleiOSiPhonemacmacOSmalwareXAgentXProtect |
The post Two new Mac backdoors discovered appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:00:47 +0000
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| The Findzip ransomware was discovered on February 22, 2017. At that time, it was thought that files would be irreversibly encrypted by this ransomware, with no chance of decryption. Turns out, that’s not quite true. Categories: Tags: AppleFilecoderFindzipFindzip ransomwaremacmacOSransomware |
The post Decrypting after a Findzip ransomware infection appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Igor Kuksov| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:00:59 +0000
Attentive listeners such as Apple Siri and Amazon Echo have settled down in our houses. What’s the harm?
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