Systems researcher gets $100,000 for finding new exploit in Apple’s Safari browser

Systems researcher Jack Dates was paid $100,000 after finding a new exploit in Apple’s Safari web browser he revealed at the Pwn2Own 2021 event which the Zero Day Initiative holds to encourage white hat hackers to report zero-day vulnerabilities to the affected companies instead of selling these breaches to malicious actors. To read the rest […]

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How to check if your Mac is free of the Zoom Web Server and similar Mac Apps

A week ago, Mac users were alerted to a sinister danger: if you had previously installed certain conferencing software, in particular that for Zoom, then even though you may have removed that, it probably left behind a hidden web server which could have been exploited remotely. Because that was a serious vulnerability, Apple pushed an […]

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Beware of the new ‘CookieMinor’ Malware for MacOS

“Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 recently discovered malware that we believe has been developed from OSX.DarthMiner, a malware known to target the Mac platform,” Palo Alto Networks reports. “This malware is capable of stealing browser cookies associated with mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service websites visited by the victims. It also steals saved passwords in […]

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The State of Mac Malware

“In 2018, the state of Mac malware has evolved, with more and more threats targeting these so-called impervious machines,” Thomas Reed writes for Malwarebytes Labs. “We have already seen four new Mac threats appear. The first of these, OSX.MaMi, was discovered on our forums by someone who had had his DNS settings changed and was […]

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