#mac trojan

Apple updates XProtect malware definitions for Mac trojan OSX/Snake.A

“Nearly one year after the discovery of a macOS Trojan, identified as OSX/Snake, Apple has issued an update to its XProtect malware definitions to provide rudimentary protection against this Mac threat,” Derek Erwin reports for Intego. “This update brings Apple’s Malware Removal Tool (MRT.app) to version 1.32, and detects the macOS Snake variant as OSX.4e36ae6. Apple also added detection for a…

Meet Coldroot, a nasty Mac trojan that went undetected for years

“A Mac malware that can silently, remotely control a vulnerable computer and steal passwords from a user’s keychain has gone largely unnoticed by antivirus makers for two years — even though the code is readily available to download,” Zack Whittaker writes for ZDNet.

“Patrick Wardle, chief research officer at Digita Security, revealed in a blog post Tuesday details of Coldroot, a…

Mac Malware Mania: Chicken Little works for antivirus peddlers. You’re the only problem. Fix the problem.

“Sulfur’s burning in your nostrils. The heavens grow darker. Far off you hear a voice you think might be Chicken Little,” Rixstep writes. “‘It’s really trivial to infect a Mac these days’, Chicken Little tells you. Scary! ‘The only difference is that for historic reasons, there’s so much more malware on Windows. That may not always be the case.'”

“OK, thanks, CL. Cos there sure is a…

Watch out for ‘OSX Dok’ money stealing Mac phishing attack which mimics your online bank

“A recently discovered strain of Apple Mac malware has begun mimicking major banking websites in an effort to steal login details from victims,” Danny Palmer reports for ZDNet. “First uncovered in May, OSX.Dok affected all versions of Apple’s older OS X operating system and was initially used to spy on victims’ web traffic.”

“The malware was later modified to infect macOS users, and…

“Apple has moved to thwart a malware attack that used a legitimate – probably hijacked – developer certificate, by revoking the cert,” Richard Chirgwin reports for The Regster.

“Check Point wrote up the malware last week, calling ‘OSX/Dok’ ‘the first major scale malware to target OSX users via a coordinated email phishing campaign,'” Chirgwin reports. “A hapless user who okayed all the…

macOS malware OSX/Dok now blocked by Apple

“Check Point, a security analysis firm, posted an alarming blog entry on Thursday about a new malicious macOS Trojan horse that appeared able to bypass Apple’s protections and could hijack and sniff all the traffic entering and leaving a Mac without a user’s knowledge,” Glenn Fleishman reports for Macworld.

“The malware, called OSX/Dok by Check Point, spreads via a phishing attack that…

Nasty Mac malware bypasses Apple’s macOS Gatekeeper, undetectable by most antivirus apps

“We learned recently that macOS malware grew by 744% last year, though most of it fell into the less-worrying category of adware,” ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “However, a newly-discovered piece of malware (via Reddit) falls into the ‘seriously nasty’ category – able to spy on all your Internet usage, including use of secure websites.”

“Security researchers at CheckPoint found…

New piece of malware posing as something even more insidious: a Flash player installer. Security firm Intego was the first to post about the new malware on its blog.