Mac OSX

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2019
OSX/Linker, a new piece of Mac malware that exploits Gatekeeper bypass

Mac security software firm Intego has spotted a new Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper vulnerability. Experts at Mac security software firm Intego discovered a new piece of Mac malware dubbed OSX/Linker that exploits a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper bypass vulnerability. The Apple Gatekeeper is designed to protect OS X users by […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2018
Recently discovered OSX.Dummy mac malware is targeting the cryptocurrency community

The former NSA white hat hacker and malware researcher Patrick Wardle analyzed a new mac malware dubbed OSX.Dummy that targets the cryptocurrency community. The popular experts decided to analyze the malicious code after the security researcher Remco Verhoef (@remco_verhoef) posted an interesting entry to SANS ‘InfoSec Handlers Diary Blog’ titled “Crypto community target of MacOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2016
Hacking Apple devices with just a Message exploiting the CVE-2016-4631

This critical flaw CVE-2016-4631 resides in the ImageIO and could be exploited by a remote attacker to steal sensitive information from Apple devices. Apple fans, I have a bad news for you, just one specially-crafted message can expose your personal information, including your authentication credentials stored in the memory of your Apple device. This means […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2014
DoubleDirect MitM Attacks are targeting users worldwide

Security experts at Zimperium discovered a new MITM attack technique dubbed DoubleDirect that is targeting iOS, Android and Mac users worldwide. DoubleDirect is the name of a new Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack discovered by security researchers that is targeting mobile devices running either iOS or Android and potentially Mac OS X systems. The DoubleDirect MitM attack allows attackers to hijack the victim’s traffic […]