New Mac Malware Variants Found in Trojaned Apps Are Stealing Data

Researchers have discovered a series of variants of the DevilRobber Mac OS X Trojan that have a menu of different capabilities, depending upon the strain, and can not only mine Bitcoins using the infected machine’s processing power, but also steals files, installs a Web proxy and may steal the...

Apple Adds Daily Malware Updates to OS X

Apple on Tuesday shipped the promised update to help remove the MacDefender malware, and in a surprise move, also added functionality to Mac OS X that will now check for new malware definitions daily. The move by Apple to add daily malware checks is a significant shift in the way that the company...

Dennis Fisher and Paul Roberts on the MacDefender Malware and Google Wallet

Dennis Fisher and Paul Roberts discuss the re-emergence of the MacDefender malware, Apple’s decision to push out an OS X update to protect against and the release of Google Wallet and the security implications of the system. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground...