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Security firm notes GIMMICK malware for macOS spreading across Asia, offers preventative countermeasures

A new strain of malware for the Mac has been noted as a hacking group out of China that identifies itself as “Storm Cloud” has released new malware known as GIMMICK. Security firm Volexity discovered the malware after retrieving it from the RAM of a MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur 11.6. The device became […]

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Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.3 update, focuses on M1 improvements, security fixes, assortment of other changes

Following a three-month beta, Apple released its macOS Big Sur 11.3 update to the public. The new update offers the following fixes and changes: AirTags and Find My: Support for AirTags to keep track of and find your important items like your keys, wallet, backpack and more, privately and securely in the Find My app […]

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iWorm trojan quietly added to Apple’s Xprotect definition list

The bad news is that there’s another chunk of malware on the OS X platform to worry about. The good news is that Apple included a backdoor fix over the weekend to take care of it. Per The Mac Observer, Apple pushed an update to its Xprotect malware list for the Mac that includes the […]

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Trojan.SMSSend.3666 goes into the wild, poses as Mac OS X software

You should listen to your more paranoid relatives around the holiday dinner table when they say that there’ll always be someone trying to run a scam on someone else. Just because they’re paranoid doesn’t make them wrong. Per CNET, Russian security firm Dr. Web has uncovered another malware attempt on OS X systems that tries […]