Security News

macOS Fruitfly Backdoor Analysis Renders New Spying Capabilities (Threatpost)
2017-07-24 13:00

This week at Black Hat, Mac malware expert Patrick Wardle will describe how he used a custom-built command and control server to analyze new spying capabilities in a variant of the FruitFly backdoor.

Week in review: macOS security, Segway vulns, and the SOC of the future (Help Net Security)
2017-07-24 01:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The future of macOS security: Baked-in protection and third-party tools Anyone in the information security industry...

The future of macOS security: Baked-in protection and third-party tools (Help Net Security)
2017-07-17 16:15

Anyone in the information security industry who’s interested in Mac security probably knows who Patrick Wardle is. Apart from being Chief Security Researcher at Synack, he’s also the creator of a...

Swiss users targeted with Windows, macOS banking Trojan (Help Net Security)
2017-07-11 16:41

Swiss users are once again hit with emails delivering banking malware, for both Windows and macOS systems. Trend Micro researchers believe the campaign to have been mounted by the threat actors...

Apple Patches Pwn2Own Vulnerabilities in Safari, macOS, iOS (Threatpost)
2017-05-16 17:56

Apple fixed 66 vulnerabilities - many found at March's Pwn2Own competition - across seven product lines, including Safari, iTunes, macOS, and iOS, on Monday.

Apple issues security updates for macOS, iDevices (Help Net Security)
2017-05-16 16:38

It’s time to patch your Mac, iDevices and software again: Apple has released security updates for MacOS (all the way back to Yosemite), iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iTunes, iCloud for Windows, and Safari....

New MacOS Malware, Signed With Legit Apple ID, Found Spying On HTTPS Traffic (The Hackers News)
2017-04-28 01:57

Many people believe that they are much less likely to be bothered by malware if they use a Mac computer, but is it really true? Unfortunately, No. According to the McAfee Labs, malware attacks on...

Apple Fixes 223 Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iOS, Safari (Threatpost)
2017-03-28 18:38

Apple fixed hundreds of bugs, 223 to be exact, across macOS Sierra, iOS, Safari, watchOS, and tvOS on Monday.