AdLoad Malware Persists on Mac Systems with New Proxy Payload

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary AdLoad malware persists on Mac systems with a new proxy application payload, converting infected devices into a proxy botnet. This scheme, involving thousands of IP addresses, points to a monetization...

New Variant of UpdateAgent Malware Infects Mac Computers with Adware

Microsoft on Wednesday shed light on a previously undocumented Mac trojan that it said has undergone several iterations since its first appearance in September 2020, effectively granting it an "increasing progression of sophisticated capabilities." The company's Microsoft 365 Defender Threat...

New AdLoad Variant Bypasses Apple's Security Defenses to Target macOS Systems

A new wave of attacks involving a notorious macOS adware family has evolved to leverage around 150 unique samples in the wild in 2021 alone, some of which have slipped past Apple's on-device malware scanner and even signed by its own notarization service, highlighting the malicious software ongoi...