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Tag: malware

Study finds nearly 50% of macOS malware comes from one app: MacKeeper

Friday, November 18, 2022 10:19 am4 Comments

According to the new report, nearly 50% of all macOS malware only comes from one source: MacKeeper, which purports…

Regulators will soon force Apple to loosen its tight grip on the App Store

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:48 pm14 Comments

As regulators from the U.S. to South Korea zero in on Apple’s high-margin apps business, Apple’s App Store may soon be forced to…

Android devices infected with malware 15 to 47 times more than iPhone

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 9:42 am13 Comments

Devices that run on Android – a platform that supports sideloading – have an estimated 15 to 47 times more infections from malware…

Regulating Apple’s App Store likely to have unintended consequences

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 9:19 amWednesday, June 30, 202114 Comments

With lawmakers are circling Apple, regulating the company’s App Store likely to have unintended consequences, doing more harm than good…

First native Apple Silicon malware discovered

Wednesday, February 17, 2021 4:33 pmNo Comments

The first native Apple Silicon malware built to execute on Apple’s new M1 Mac has been discovered by security researcher Patrick Wardle…

Mac ransomware found hiding in pirated Mac apps

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 4:00 pmWednesday, July 1, 20204 Comments

A new ‘EvilQuest’ Mac ransomware variant is spreading through pirated Mac apps, according to a new report from Malwarebytes Labs. The new ransomware…

Toxic Hellstew: 146 new vulnerabilities all come preinstalled on Android phones

Friday, November 15, 2019 3:55 pm6 Comments

The vulnerabilities encompass everything from unauthorized audio recording to command execution to the ability to modify system properties and wireless settings…

‘Gilmore Girls’ star Alexis Bledel is the most dangerous celebrity online

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 2:38 pm3 Comments

Actress Alexis Bledel is the most dangerous celebrity to search for online according to McAfee’s annual report…

NSO Group says it can scrape data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft cloud services

Friday, July 19, 2019 10:26 amFriday, July 19, 20197 Comments

The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data…

New Mac malware in the wild evades security software, researchers

Monday, July 1, 2019 9:55 amMonday, July 1, 20198 Comments

Newly uncovered Mac malware is not only in the wild, but trying to avoid detection by security researchers, according to one such firm…

New Mac cryptocurrency miner ‘Bird Miner’ runs by emulating Linux

Thursday, June 20, 2019 4:49 pmNo Comments

A new Mac cryptocurrency miner Malwarebytes detects as Bird Miner has been found in a cracked installer for…

Mac and mobile malware jump over 60 percent, with sharp increase in adware

Thursday, April 25, 2019 9:00 am2 Comments

Mac and mobile malware increased quarter over quarter by more than 60 percent, with adware in particular seeing a sharp increase…

Powerful spyware app first designed for Android targets iPhone owners

Monday, April 8, 2019 5:15 pm6 Comments

Security researchers have discovered a powerful surveillance app first designed for Android devices…

Microsoft ships antivirus for macOS, renames Windows Defender to ‘Microsoft Defender’

Thursday, March 21, 2019 4:37 pm7 Comments

Microsoft is bringing its Windows Defender anti-malware application to macOS…

New ‘MarioNet’ browser attack lets hackers run bad code even after users leave a web page

Monday, February 25, 2019 4:01 pmMonday, February 25, 20193 Comments

This new attack, called MarioNet, opens the door for assembling giant botnets from users’ browsers…

Malware has a new way to hide on your Mac

Thursday, October 4, 2018 2:32 pmThursday, October 4, 20184 Comments

Malware on Apple’s MacBook and iMac lines is more prevalent than some users realize…

How to remove Mac Auto Fixer malware

Friday, August 10, 2018 4:00 pmFriday, August 10, 20186 Comments

You might recall that a few months ago I got to spend some time…

Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall

Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, July 26, 201825 Comments

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…

Facebook stock plunges as users vanish

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 pm21 Comments

Facebook Inc’s stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns…

NSO Group employee allegedly stole company’s powerful iPhone spyware for personal profit

Friday, July 6, 2018 4:29 pmFriday, July 6, 20187 Comments

NSO Group sells some of the most potent, off-the-shelf malware for remotely breaking into smartphones…

New macOS malware targets crypto-currency users

Tuesday, July 3, 2018 2:30 pmTuesday, July 3, 20183 Comments

A new piece of macOS malware has been observed being distributed via crypto-currency related…

Silicon Valley execs will convene in San Francisco to discuss privacy

Monday, June 25, 2018 5:01 pmMonday, June 25, 20181 Comment

Privacy and government affairs officers from a number of the largest tech companies plan to convene..

LG admits: iPhone loyalists are driving us crazy

Monday, June 18, 2018 2:30 pmMonday, June 18, 201828 Comments

If you’re capable of sympathy, can you spare some for Android manufacturers?

The 18 things you may not realize Facebook knows about you: Firm reveals the extent of its spying in a 454-page document to U.S. Congress

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 5:03 pm13 Comments

The creepy ways Facebook spies on its users have been detailed in a bumper document…

Apple pummels privacy-trampling Facebook

Thursday, June 7, 2018 4:50 pmThursday, June 7, 201811 Comments

In the early days of Apple, of course, the company’s Evil Empires were IBM and Microsoft…

Facebook confirms sharing users’ personal data with Chinese companies

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 6:00 pmWednesday, June 6, 201810 Comments

Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies…

Apple needs to advertise their strong commitment to privacy

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 8:55 amWednesday, June 6, 20182 Comments

The greatest commercial in Apple history — perhaps all history — did not show an Apple product…

Apple borks Facebook’s pervasive personal data-harvesting operation

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 11:28 amTuesday, June 5, 20185 Comments

Apple’s software-focused event on Monday was a momentous moment — for Facebook…

Apple requested ‘zero’ personal data in deals with Facebook – CEO Tim Cook

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 10:27 amTuesday, June 5, 20187 Comments

“We’ve never been in the data business,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told NPR on Monday…

Facebook CEO blasts Apple’s latest privacy protections as ‘cute virtue signaling’

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 9:58 amTuesday, June 5, 201814 Comments

Apple is taking active steps to block Facebook’s data collection practices…

Facebook gave personal data to 60 companies including Apple, Amazon and Samsung

Monday, June 4, 2018 9:30 amMonday, June 4, 201819 Comments

Facebook struck agreements allowing phone and other device makers access to vast amounts of its users’ personal information…

Cryptominer ‘mshelper’ targets macOS: What you need to know

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:55 pmTuesday, May 29, 201811 Comments

Mac fans spinning unusually fast, computers running hotter than usual and performance taking a hit…

How to remove Mac cryptominer malware ‘mshelper’ that kills your battery and CPU

Thursday, May 24, 2018 1:32 pmThursday, May 24, 201812 Comments

Cryptojacking is designed to mine cryptocurrency on your computer without your knowledge

Mark Zuckerberg’s worldwide Facebook apology tour hits a snag in the EU

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 3:35 pmWednesday, May 23, 201818 Comments

Turns out “sorry” doesn’t seem to work as much for the social network’s chief anymore…

How to check for – and remove – the Mac malware mshelper

Friday, May 18, 2018 10:32 am14 Comments

If your Mac seems to be running at high fan rates or you’re seeing reduced battery-life…

Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant, and Apple’s Siri can hear this hidden command, but you can’t

Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:01 pmThursday, May 10, 20184 Comments

Over the past two years, researchers have begun demonstrating that they can send hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant…

Another day, another reason to never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to Android

Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:26 am19 Comments

Android is the world’s most popular mobile platform by a landslide…

Yet another reason I’ll never downgrade from Apple’s iPhone to an Android phone,

Monday, May 7, 2018 1:09 pmMonday, May 7, 201822 Comments

For a period of time, I almost always carried an Android phone with me in addition to my main iPhone…

How to remove third-party accounts like Facebook from your Mac

Friday, May 4, 2018 11:30 amFriday, May 4, 20183 Comments

With the release of iOS 11, Apple nixed its built-in integration with Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Vimeo…

Apple responds to personal data request with 9MB file: The personal data archives from Facebook and Google were 881MB and 243MB respectively

Friday, May 4, 2018 11:01 amFriday, May 4, 201816 Comments

Following Facebook’s acknowledgement that it had let a political ad targeting firm scrape the personal data of millions of users…

Cambridge Analytica shuts down after Facebook user-data scandal

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 4:32 pmWednesday, May 2, 201814 Comments

Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign…

Avoid the latest fake Flash Player installer for Mac, it’s nasty malware

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:58 amWednesday, April 25, 20186 Comments

Macs are not immune to malware, but they are pretty well-protected…

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