macOS High Sierra Archives

Attackers Inject Persistent Cryptomining in Browsers

Lucian Constantin | November 30, 2017 | Advanced Recording Format, browser abuse, Cisco WebEx, cryptomining, drive-by attack, , JavaScript mining, macOS High Sierra, malvertizing, Monero, pop-under, Remote Code Execution, root access, vulnerability, WebEx Network Recording Player, WebEx Recording Format

Attackers have found a new technique to make cryptocurrency mining, or cryptomining, inside browsers persistent, or at least survive normal attempts of closing the browser window. Drive-by cryptomining has become widespread in ...

Apple Fixes MacOS High Sierra Root Access Vulnerability

Lucian Constantin | November 29, 2017 | Amazon S3, Apple, authentication bypass, blank password, cloud leak, credential validation failure, Data leak, INSCOM, macOS High Sierra, misconfiguration, nsa, Red Disk, root access, root password, storage bucket, third-party vendor, virtual appliance, vulnerability

Apple has released an emergency fix for an embarrassing vulnerability that allowed people to access the highest privileges account on Mac computers without a password. The vulnerability was disclosed by a user ...

Russian Hackers Reportedly Stole NSA Secrets with Antivirus Program’s Help

Lucian Constantin | October 6, 2017 | antivirus, Apple, Data breach, Data leak, Hacking, Kaspersky Lab, keychain vulnerability, macos, macOS High Sierra, National Security Agency, password exposure

Russian hackers reportedly managed to steal sensitive U.S. National Security Agency cyberattack tools from the personal computer of a contractor in 2015 after finding the files through an antivirus program from Kaspersky ...