Security researchers disclosed a new zero-day flaw in Apple’s macOS Finder that can allow attackers to run arbitrary commands on Macs. Independent security researcher Park Minchan disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Finder that can be exploited by attackers to run arbitrary commands on Mac systems running any macOS version. The flaw is due […]
Uptycs threat research team analyzed macOS malware threat landscape and discovered that Shlayer and Bundlore are the most predominant malware. The Uptycs threat research team has been observing over 90% of macOS malware in our daily analysis and customer telemetry alerts using shell scripts. Though these scripts have slight variations, they mostly belong to a […]
WildPressure APT is targeting industrial organizations in the Middle East since 2019 and was spotted using now a new malware that targets both Windows and macOS. Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted a new malware used by the WildPressure APT group to targets both Windows and macOS systems. The WildPressure was spotted for the first time […]
Trend Micro disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation issue, tracked as CVE-2021-30724, that impacts macOS, iOS and iPadOS. Trend Micro researchers disclosed technical details of a patched privilege escalation vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-30724, that impacts macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. The flaw was reported to Apple by Trend Micro researcher Mickey Jin, and the […]
Apple has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities in macOS and tvOS actively exploited in the wild by threat actors. Apple has released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting macOS and tvOS which have been exploited in the wild. The macOS flaw has been exploited by the XCSSET malware to bypass security protections. “Apple is […]
Apple addresses a zero-day in macOS exploited by Shlayer malware to bypass Apple’s security features and deliver second-stage malicious payloads. Apple has addressed a zero-day flaw in macOS that was exploited by Shlayer malware to bypass Apple’s File Quarantine, Gatekeeper, and Notarization security checks and download second-stage malicious payloads. The developers behind the Shlayer malware have successfully […]
Apple released out-of-band patches to address a remote code execution, tracked as CVE-2021-1844, that affect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser. Apple has released out-of-band security patches to address a critical iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser to address a security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-1844. The vulnerability was discovered by Clément Lecigne of […]
Experts warn of new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. Malware researchers at Red Canary uncovered a new malware, dubbed Silver Sparrow, that is infecting Mac systems using the latest Apple M1 chip across the world. According to data shared by Malwarebytes, as […]
Apple launched its M1 chip and cybercriminals developed a malware sample specifically for it, the latest generation of Macs are their next targets. The popular security researcher Patrick Wardle discovered one of the first malware designed to target latest generation of Apple devices using the company M1 chip. The discovery suggests threat actors are tailoring […]
Researchers spotted new variants of the Windows GravityRAT spyware that now can also infect Android and macOS devices. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have spotted new variants of the GravityRAT malware that now can be also used to infect Android and macOS devices. GravityRAT is a malware strain known for checking the CPU temperature of Windows computers […]