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Kaspersky cites Shlayer Trojan as top malware threat for macOS in 2019, advises against installing suspect Adobe Flash Player updates

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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McAffee June 2017 Threat Report shows uptick in adware for Macs

The new McAffee June 2017 Threat Report is in and it indicates that the trend in Mac malware isn’t slowing down. There were nearly 250,000 new instances of macOS malware in the first quarter of 2017, bringing the total for the quarter to just over 700,000. While Macs have never been fully immune to viruses […]