This is why you don’t download suspicious Flash updates from out of nowhere. Security firm Kaspersky has stated that in 2019, the Shlayer Trojan infect one in ten Mac users, exposing users to malicious apps that hide behind fake error messages about users needing to update Flash. The firm stated that Macs have been the […]
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Roughly two years after their circulation, security researchers have discovered infections of macOS malware named “Calisto”. The malware was seemingly developed in 2016 and may have been a precursor to the “Proton” macOS trojan that started to circulate in 2017. Calisto functions as a trojan that takes the form of an unsigned DMG for Intego’s […]
Well, this is a bit of a kick in the head. Per Russian security company Dr. Web and Macworld, the Mac Flashback Trojan horse was still installed on more than half a million Apple computers late last week and is declining only slowly. Although all security companies now agree that the best days for Flashback […]
This too shall pass. Per the cool cats at Ars Technica, Flashback infections have plummeted since Apple released a tool to stop the Trojan, but a security firm has cautioned that more malware could be on the horizon. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab held a press conference Thursday morning in which they revealed that the number […]
On Monday, virtualization software maker Parallels released Parallels Desktop 6.0 for Mac OS X. The software allows Mac users to run Windows within Mac OS X. The company says that Parallels Desktop 6 has over 80 new features and improvements, the most prominent being an increased speed in addition to faster performance when handling files […]