Tag: mac os x
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VB2017 preview: Offensive malware analysis: dissecting OSX/FruitFly.B via a custom C&C server
Apart from the odd taxi driver loudly making the claim, the idea that “Macs don’t get malware” has become something of the past. Nevertheless, most security researchers focus on Windows (and increasingly Android ) malware, thus making malware that targets macOS still the odd one out. Someone who for years has focused almost exclusively on…
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VB2017 preview: Offensive malware analysis: dissecting OSX/FruitFly.B via a custom C&C server
Apart from the odd taxi driver loudly making the claim, the idea that “Macs don’t get malware” has become something of the past. Nevertheless, most security researchers focus on Windows (and increasingly Android ) malware, thus making malware that targets macOS still the odd one out. Someone who for years has focused almost exclusively on…
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Paper: Behavioural Detection and Prevention of Malware on OS X
Though still well behind that of Windows malware, the prevalence of malware targeting OS X has increased in the past year to the point where Mac users can’t assume they are safe just because of the operation system they are using. The question of how to effectively detect new Mac malware is one that is…
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Paper: Behavioural Detection and Prevention of Malware on OS X
Though still well behind that of Windows malware, the prevalence of malware targeting OS X has increased in the past year to the point where Mac users can’t assume they are safe just because of the operation system they are using. The question of how to effectively detect new Mac malware is one that is…
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Security fixes from Apple and Microsoft
100 security fixes in latest OS X update; three MS security updates in this month’s patch release. The latest release of Mac operating system OS X ( Mac OS X v10.6.5 ) contains over 100 security updates, including fixes for vulnerabilities in Apache , the Flash Player plug-in, Image Capture and MySQL . A range…