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Apple updates its products, fixes iMessages zero-day

On Monday Apple has pushed out updates for its many products: iOS, OS X, OS X Server, Safari, watchOS, tvOS, and Xcode. Of these, the most eagerly awaited was that for iOS, as …

Apple
KeRanger Mac ransomware is a rewrite of Linux Encoder

KeRanger, the recently discovered first functional Mac ransomware, is a copy of Linux Encoder, the crypto-ransomware first unearthed and analyzed in November 2015 by Dr. Web …

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Reactions to the KeRanger ransomware for Macs

Palo Alto researchers have discovered the first fully functional ransomware aimed at Mac users. The malware, dubbed KeRanger, has been found bundled into the Mac version of …

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OS X ransomware found bundled with legitimate software

Palo Alto researchers have discovered the first fully functional ransomware aimed at Mac users. The malware, dubbed KeRanger, has been found on Friday (March 4), bundled into …

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Flaw in Sparkle Updater for Mac opens users of popular apps to system compromise

A security engineer has recently discovered a serious vulnerability in Sparkle, the widely used open source software update framework for Mac applications, that could be …

Apple
Mac users beware! Scareware hides behind fake Flash Player update

Mac users are being targeted by scareware peddlers, warns SANS ISC CTO Johannes Ullrich. The malware is delivered in the form of a Flash Player update. The attack starts on …

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Apple kills 28 flaws in OS X, iOS and QuickTime

If you use Apple’s OS X El Capitan, iOS and QuickTime on any of your computers and devices, you might want to implement the latest updates pushed out on Tuesday. OS X El …

OS X Gatekeeper
OS X’s Gatekeeper bypassed again

Do you remember when, last October, Synack director of research Patrick Wardle found a simple way to evade OS X’s Gatekeeper defense mechanism by bundling up a …

Cheap OmniRAT malware used to spy on Android, Windows, Linux, Mac devices

European law enforcement agencies recently targeted users of the DroidJack mobile phone RAT, and likely made other would-be users refrain from buying and using that particular …

Apple pushes out critical security updates for OS X, iOS, watchOS, and other products

Apple has released security updates to fix critical vulnerabilities in the following Apple products: OS X El Capitan, Mavericks and Yosemite, OS X Server, Safari, watchOS, …

Apple releases OS X El Capitan, patches passcode loophole in iOS

Yesterday Apple released OS X 10.11 El Capitan to end users. With it, the company concentrated more on performance and security instead on new features.Among the security …

Compromising Macs with simple Gatekeeper bypass

Patrick Wardle, director of research at security firm Synack, has discovered a worryingly simple way to bypass OS X’s Gatekeeper defense mechanism: just bundle up a …

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