Multiple F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper Products Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper is an antivirus product released by a Finnish antivirus vendor. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in several F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper products. An attacker could obtain sensitive information and launch other attacks...

On the macOS Keychain Attack, Signal’s New Contact Service, the Deloitte Hack, and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including the macOS Keychain attack, Signal’s new private contact discovery service, the Deloitte hack, and a handful of mobile stock trading app vulnerabilities. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapSeptember292017.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves Show...

Gatekeeper Alone Won’t Mitigate Apple Keychain Attack

Apple’s advice to rely on Gatekeeper as a mitigation against a Keychain attack disclosed this week by researcher Patrick Wardle doesn’t fully address the risk. Experts, Wardle included, said that while Gatekeeper is a solid measure in preventing unsigned code from executing on a macOS machine, it...

macOS High Sierra Available—And Vulnerable to Keychain Attack

Apple made its latest OS update available Monday, but the release of High Sierra was tainted somewhat by the fact it comes replete with a critical vulnerability that allows an attacker to dump plaintext passwords from the macOS Keychain. Researcher Patrick Wardle, chief security researcher at...

Signed Mughthesec Adware Hijacking Macs for Profit

A variant of an older piece of adware built for Macs called OperatorMac has been seen in the wild, and while like most adware it tries to turn a profit, it also illustrates some defensive shortcomings native to Apple’s ecosystem and the industry. Components of the new strain, which is called...

Apple Revokes Certificate Used By OSX/Dok Malware

Apple revoked a legitimate developer certificate used by hackers behind malware dubbed OSX/Dok, which was able to eavesdrop on secure HTTPS traffic of infected systems. On Sunday, Apple also rolled out an update to its XProtect built-in antimalware software to fend off existing and upcoming...

New MacOS Malware, Signed With Legit Apple ID, Found Spying On HTTPS Traffic

Many people believe that they are much less likely to be bothered by malware if they use a Mac computer, but is it really true? Unfortunately, No. According to the McAfee Labs, malware attacks on Apple's Mac computers were up 744% in 2016, and its researchers have discovered nearly 460,000 Mac...

Apache MyFaces Trinidad CVE-2016-5019 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Apache MyFaces Trinidad is prone to a security vulnerability. Successfully exploiting this issue allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. Apache MyFaces Trinidad 1.2.14-core , 1.0.13-core , 2.0.1-core and...

Patrick Wardle on macOS Gatekeeper, Crypto Enhancements

At last week’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced some security upgrades around Gatekeeper and a new filesystem that includes native support for encryption. Mac hacker Patrick Wardle, director of research at Synack, explains whether this a big deal and how the upgrades address...

Mac OS X Gatekeeper Disabled

Mac OS X Gatekeeper, a protection service that guards against untrusted software, is disabled on the remote host. TRUSTED...

KeRanger OS X Ransomware Impact Likely Mitigated

It’s likely that the first functional ransomware for OS X is a dud. Discovered on Friday by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the KeRanger ransomware sits dormant for three days before encrypting files from a comprehensive list of 300 file extensions; today would be Day 3. The malware was includ...

Veris: Critical IDOR - Get Authentication Details of any Terminal/Gatekeeper

Hello Team, I have found a critical IDOR using which an attacker can get authentication details of any gatekeeper/terminal remotely by just changing the value of gatekeeper/terminal id. Proof of Concept: Please find it attached. Best Regards, Hely H. Shah...

Veris: Critical IDOR - Delete any terminal/gatekeeper of any organization remotely

Hello Team, I have found a critical IDOR issue due to which an attacker can easily detele any terminal/gatekeeper of any organization by just changing the ID. Proof of Concept: Please find the attached screenshots. Best Regards, Hely H. Shah...

Scareware Signed with Apple Cert Targets Mac OS X Machines

A unique scareware campaign targeting Mac OS X machines has been discovered, and it’s likely the developer behind the malware has been at it a while since the installer that drops the scareware is signed with a legitimate Apple developer certificate. “Sadly, this particular developer certificate...

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system allows a hacker to circumvent existing restrictions on the Gatekeeper function and increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system application is related to the use of an insecure search path. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to bypass existing restrictions imposed by the Gatekeeper function and enhance their privileges...

January 2016 Apple Security Patches iOS, OS X, Safari

Apple on Tuesday released security patches for iOS, OS X and an update for the Safari browser. The patches come less than a week after a ShmooCon presentation by Synack director of research Patrick Wardle revealed that Apple’s Gatekeeper security feature in OS X can be bypassed by an attacker wit...

Mac GateKeeper vulnerability patch is invalid, it can still be bypassed to attack-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Recently, security experts Patrick Wardle said earlier Apple released for the repair of reinforcing the Mac OS X GateKeeper vulnerability patch is invalid, cannot protect the user of Mac computer security. In 2 0 1 5 year 9 months, is exactly what Patrick Wardle first discovered the vulnerability...

Apple's Mac OS X Still Open to Malware, Thanks Gatekeeper

Apple Mac Computers are considered to be much safer than Windows computers at keeping out the viruses and malware, but the new Exploit discovered by researchers again proves it indeed quite false. Last year, The Hacker News reported a deadly simple exploit that completely bypassed one of the core...

Apple Issues Incomplete Patches for Gatekeeper Bypass

Apple has had two cracks at patching a vulnerability that allows malicious apps to bypass its OS X Gatekeeper security feature, and twice has taken a shortcut approach to the fix, said the researcher who reported the flaw. The latest measure to address this was released on Thursday and it appears...

Apple OS X Untrustworthy Search Path Vulnerability

Apple OS X is a specialized operating system developed by Apple for Mac computers. An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Apple OS X 10.11.0 and earlier versions, which originates from a Trojan horse that can be loaded from a specific location using a legitimate Apple digitally signed...