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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.
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February has been a relatively busy month in the world of Mac malware, and now it has gotten busier with the appearance of the second piece of ransomware ever to affect macOS. Categories: Mac
Threat analysisTags: Adobe Premier ProAppleFindzipmacmacOSm… Continue reading Mac ransomware on piracy sites
Macro malware have been around for quite some time, but have mostly just been a nuisance to Mac users. Unfortunately, that has now changed.Categories: Cybercrime
MalwareTags: ApplemacMacro malwaremalwareMicrosoft Office(Read more…) Continue reading Microsoft Office macro malware targets Macs
Researchers Claudio Guarnieri and Collin Anderson recently discovered new Mac malware, which they have dubbed MacDownloader.Categories: Mac
Malware
Threat analysisTags: Adobe Flash PlayerApplemacMacDownloadermacOSmalwarephishingspearphishing(Read mor… Continue reading MacDownloader malware targeting defense industry
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| Mac and iOS users have been seeing a lot of strange entries appearing in their calendars for a while now, but there has been a big increase over the last few weeks. There are a couple different explanations for this, but the good news is that neither of them involves malware. The first cause has been…
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Last Friday, I wrote about a set of 6 PUP apps by Nikoff Security. This week, there have been some new developments in the story, some good news and some bad news.Categories: PUPs
Threat analysisTags: AppleMac App StoreNikoff SecurityPUPPUPs(Read more… Continue reading PUP Friday: Nikoff Security redux
A new piece of Mac malware, dubbed Komplex, has been discovered by Palo Alto Networks. This malware provides a backdoor into the system, like most other recent Mac malware. Where it gets most interesting, though, isn’t in its capabilities, but in the c… Continue reading Komplex Mac backdoor answers old questions
My attention was drawn a few weeks ago to a group of 6 apps in the Mac App Store, all made by someone named Nicholas Ebner. Part of what drew my attention was the name of one of the apps: Adware WebMedic Pro, suspiciously similar to the name of my old … Continue reading PUP Friday: Nikoff Security
MPlayerX has been around for over 2 years. With it’s adware installer, adware, analysis avoidance behavior, and other PUPs calling it a PUP is a no-brainer.Categories: PUPs
Threat analysisTags: adwareIronCoremalwareMalwarebytesMPlayerXPUPVSearch(Read … Continue reading PUP Friday: MPlayerX
In this article, we take a look at a couple important takeaways from 2 recent hacks on Transmission. Categories: Mac
Threat analysisTags: AppleKeRangerKeydnapmacmalwareransomwaretorrent(Read more…) Continue reading Transmission hijacked again to spread malware