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Apple Notarized Malware by Mistake, Hackers Ran it Through Third-Party Website
Notarized apps should be safe on macOS Threat actors try to deploy “approved” malware through website Apple revoked certificates, but malware is still up Apple’s notarization system let a piece of malware ...
Apple’s Big Brother Attitude Fails to Keep Users Safe
Apple’s insistence on “notarizing” apps fails to “give users more confidence,” as Cook’s crew promised ...
Aggressive Adware Promised Free Stuff to Android Users Just to Stay Installed
Aggressive adware apps invade tens of thousands of devices Operators designed the apps to run unhindered in the background Google removed all of the fake apps from the Play Store Security researchers ...
APTs, RATs and Code-Signing Attacks
Code-signing certificates have become a high-value target for cybercriminals. Here’s how to keep your certificates safe There’s a lot of buzz right now about a report, recently released by BlackBerry that reveals ...
Malwarebytes Report: Apple OS X Threats Quadrupled in 2019
Apples’ macOS operating system is no longer the safe haven from cybercrime it was once thought to be. That’s according to security vendor Malwarebytes and its “2020 State of Malware Report,” which ...
New Research on the Adtech Industry
The Norwegian Consumer Council has published an extensive report about how the adtech industry violates consumer privacy. At the same time, it is filing three legal complaints against six companies in this ...
FCC Subsidized Sprint Phones Have Malware Preinstalled
The FCC is paying Sprint, in the guise of “Assurance Wireless,” to hand out Unimax Android phones infested with malware ...
Report: Malware for Macs on the Rise
It’s looks like Apple Macintosh systems may not be as impervious to cybersecurity threats as many end users have been led to believe. A report published this week by Malwarebytes Labs, the ...
Crossrider Adware Still Causing Unwanted Mac Browser Redirects
There exists a pervading urban legend that Apple Macs don’t get viruses. Time and again this urban legend is proved to be as factual as all the conspiracy theories that float about ...
Three Adware Apps Used Clever Tactics to Hide on Android Devices
Researchers detected three apps that leverage clever tactics to hide on Android devices so that they can display adware to users. The three adware distributors (com.colors.drawing.coloring, hd4k.wallpapers.backgrounds, and launcher.call.recorder) each had more ...

