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Unauthorized websites distributing trojanized versions of cracked software have been found to infect Apple macOS users with a new Trojan-Proxy malware. "Attackers can use this type of malware to...
Cybercriminals are targeting Mac users with a new proxy trojan malware bundled with popular, copyrighted macOS software being offered on warez sites. Proxy trojan malware infects computers, turning them into traffic-forwarding terminals used to anonymize malicious or illegal activities such as hacking, phishing, and transactions for illicit goods.
Apple has issued emergency fixes to plug security flaws in iPhones, iPads, and Macs that may already be under attack. iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later, and iPad mini 5th generation and later.
Atomic Stealer Sends Macs Malware Through False Browser DownloadsTechRepublicToggle TechRepublic mobile menuTechRepublic PremiumTechRepublic close modalTechRepublic close modalTechRepublic close modalTechRepublicTechRepublic on TwitterTechRepublic on FacebookTechRepublic on LinkedInTechRepublic on FlipboardLoadingLoadingLoadingLoadingLoading. Anti-malware software provider Malwarebytes has described a new variant of Atomic Stealer, which is malware targeting Apple users.
The macOS information stealer known as Atomic is now being delivered to target via a bogus web browser update chain tracked as ClearFake. "This may very well be the first time we see one of the...
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The North Korean-backed BlueNorOff threat group targets Apple customers with new macOS malware tracked as ObjCShellz that can open remote shells on compromised devices. ObjCShellz is an Objective-C-based malware, quite different from other malicious payloads deployed in previous BlueNorOff attacks.
On Wednesday, Apple released security updates for all supported branches of iOS and iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and Safari. Another vulnerability of note fixed this Wednesday with the release of iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1, iOS 16.7.2 and iPadOS 16.7.2, tvOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1 is CVE-2023-42846, a bug that made a privacy-enhancing feature not work as intended.
A group of academics has devised a novel side-channel attack dubbed iLeakage that exploits a weakness in the A- and M-series CPUs running on Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices, enabling the...