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Patrick Wardle proves that signature-based anti-malware protection on Macs is woefully inadequate when fending off modern attacks. Continue reading DEF CON 2019: MacOS Gets a Malware Beatdown in Attack Demo
US authorities have charged a 28-year-old Ohio man who is alleged to have created and installed creepy spyware on thousands of computers for 13 years.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
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A 28-year-old Ohio programmer is charged with creating the Fruitfly malware to spy on thousands of unsuspecting victims and produce child pornography.
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The technical description of the “Fruitfly” malware is spyware – but perhaps the term creepware would be more appropriate. Continue reading Man charged with spying on thousands of Mac users for 13 years
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In 2017 we reported about a notorious malware that was
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A computer programmer from Ohio was recently indicted on 16 charges involving developing and using spyware to exfiltrate sensitive user data, and producing child pornography. Developed for MacOS devices, the FruitFly malware is believed to have been in… Continue reading Man Charged With Spying on MacOS Users with Malware for 13 Years
An Ohio man faces a 16-count indictment for allegedly creating a piece of malware that spied on victims in order to commit a litany of crimes, including the production of child pornography, according to federal prosecutors. The government claims, Phillip R. Durachinsky, 28, ran a 13-year scheme from 2003 to Jan. 20, 2017 that infected thousands of computers with malware dubbed “Fruitfly.” Victims include unknowing individuals, police departments, schools, companies and the federal government. Fruitfly, which targeted Mac computers, allowed Durachinsky to take complete control of a computer including secretly turning on cameras and microphones to record video and audio. Durachinsky also allegedly used Fruitfly to steal personal data including their logon credentials, tax records, medical records, photographs, banking records, Internet searches, and potentially embarrassing communications, according to federal prosecutors. “This defendant is alleged to have spent more than a decade spying on people across the country and accessing their personal information,” First […]
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The FBI is thought to be currently investigating hundreds of infections tied to the mysterious FruitFly family of Mac-based malware.
David Bisson reports.
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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. Continue reading macOS Fruitfly Backdoor Analysis Renders New Spying Capabilities
A unique Mac malware family that allows for a hacker to remotely spy on a targeted computer and install additional malicious software has been infecting U.S.-based machines for more than five years, according to Patrick Wardle, director of research with vulnerability testing firm Synack. The actor responsible for the malware, dubbed FruitFly, is believed to be an individual hacker who has over the years continuously updated and improved a distinctive suite of hacking tools tailored for breaking into Apple computers. Based on a forensic analysis of the malware, it’s likely that the hacker is not financially motivated or connected to a foreign intelligence service, said Wardle, a former NSA staffer. “This looks like a single attacker. And based on the malware’s capabilities, it seems like they did some pretty pervasive and intrusive stuff,” Wardle said. “The way the malware works it’s just not very scalable, this isn’t how an APT […]
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