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IT threat evolution in Q3 2024. Non-mobile statistics

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According to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), this individual also was behind the infamous Reveton ransomware Trojan spread in 2012 — 2014. Attacks on macOS Password stealers were the third quarter’s most noteworthy findings associated with attacks on macOS users. Reveton was among the most notorious PC screen lockers.

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Apple removed the popular app Adware Doctor because steals user browsing history

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Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store. Adware Doctor the top paid utility in the official Mac App Store, it has a good reputation with thousands of reviews and a 4.8 Adware Doctor is stealing your privacy. star rating.

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New Shlayer Mac malware spreads via poisoned search engine results

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The bash shell script opens and runs itself in the Terminal app, then it extracts a self-embedded, password-protected.zip archive file, which contains a traditional Mac.app bundle. The malware can be used to download other malicious payloads, including malware or adware. ” continues the analysis. up to 10.14.3.

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Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading

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The Scranos rootkit malware was first discovered late last year when experts at Bitdefender were analyzing a new password- and data-stealing operation leveraging around a rootkit driver digitally signed with a stolen certificate. . ” reads the report published by Bitdefender. ” continues the repor.t.

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Trend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user data

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Former NSA white hat hacker Patrick Wardle reported last week that Trend Micro apps were also collecting users’ personal data including their browsing history and then uploaded that data in a password-protected archive to a server. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” wrote Wardle.

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Experts spotted a new strain of Shlayer macOS Malware

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The malicious script attempts to download the password-protected ZIP file using curl, and creates a directory in / tmp to store the ZIP file and unzip it. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 232

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A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. Two selfie Android adware apps with 1.5M+ downloads removed from Play Store. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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