Tag: Apple mac malware
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Newly Discovered Mac Malware with Ancient Code Spying on Biotech Firms
Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Mac-based espionage malware that relies on outdated coding practices but has been used in some previous real-world attacks to spy on biomedical research center computers. Dubbed Fruitfly, the malware has remained undetected for years on macOS systems despite using unsophisticated and “antiquated code.” Infosec firm Malwarebytes discovered […]
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Apple’s Mac OS X Still Open to Malware, Thanks Gatekeeper
A new Exploit for Apple computers discovered by researchers shows the Mac OS is still open to Malware. Last year, The Hacker News reported a deadly simple exploit that completely bypassed one of the core security features in Mac OS X known as Gatekeeper. Apple released a patch in November, but now the same security […]