MacRansom and MacSpy are two samples of new Mac malware that has been created by the same person. That person is also offering the two pieces for sale via the malware-as-a-service model on two dark web portals. Potential customers and…
Researchers have unearthed a new sample of Mac Malware which is more sophisticated and insidious than previously discovered pieces. The malware has been dubbed OSX.Dok or Dok Malware, and has been used in attacks on European users, targeted via convincing…
Apparently, two researchers, Collin Anderson and Claudio Guarnieri, have come across a piece of Mac malware supposedly written by Iranian state-sponsored hackers. The researchers have authored a specific report going into detail about the malware. Their discovery highlights the depths…
Even though Microsoft dominates the desktop market, malware authors are starting to pay more and more attention to Mac OS. Apple’s operating system is also prone to vulnerabilities, and attackers have succeeded in exploiting them throughout the past two years.…
Pirrit Adware (Adware.Pirrit, Adware: Win32/Pirrit) was detected plaguing Windows systems in 2014. The adware now has a Mac variant, first thought to be nothing out of the ordinary. Security analysis shows that OSX.Pirrit is more complicated and capable of malicious…
In case you haven’t heard – the very first ransomware to successfully attack Mac has already surfaced the Web, spreading via the hacked Transmission BitTorrent client for Mac. The ransomware, dubbed KeRanger (Ransomware.OSX.KeRanger), has been identified as the very first…
There’s a belief that Mac users are not susceptible to malicious software. Well, there WAS a belief… A vast research on Mac malware reveals that 2015 has been the worst so far in terms of security. The brand new report…
