Year-Old Coldroot RAT Targets MacOS, Still Evades Detection

Researchers are warning users about the Coldroot remote access Trojan that is going undetected by AV engines and targets MacOS computers. The RAT is cross-platform and capable of planting a keylogger on MacOS systems prior to the OS High Sierra and is designed to steal banking credentials. Coldro...

PureVPN for macOS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

PureVPN for macOS is a suite of VPN software for the macOS platform. A security vulnerability exists in version 6.0.1 of PureVPN for macOS based platform, which stems from HelperTool LaunchDaemon implementing an unprotected XPC service. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to execute system...

Mailbutler Shimo Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Shimo is a multi-protocol VPN client for Mac OS. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Mailbutler Shimo before 4.1.5.1. The vulnerability arises because com.feingeist.shimo.helper tool LaunchDaemon implements an unprotected XPC service. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execut...

Mac OS X Persistent Payload Installer

This module provides a persistent boot payload by creating a launch item, which can be a LaunchAgent or a LaunchDaemon. LaunchAgents run with user level permissions and are triggered upon login by a plist entry in /Library/LaunchAgents. LaunchDaemons run with elevated privilleges, and are launche...