Ever wonder what malware macOS can detect and remove without help from third-party software? Apple continuously adds new malware detection rules to Mac’s built-in XProtect suite. While most rule names ...

Recently, our own Harry McCracken revealed that even he’d been hit by the Mac malware known as Mac Defender (also known as Mac Protector). Here’s how to remove it from, or avoid getting it on, your ...

Everyday Mac users are now a common target for hackers and one of the key ways they attempt to infiltrate the systems is ...

A dangerous new malware campaign is targeting Mac users worldwide. Security researchers at CrowdStrike uncovered Shamos, a new variant of the Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS), developed by a cybercriminal ...

Security researchers have spotted new macOS malware that might be tied to ransomware hackers. Antivirus provider Bitdefender uncovered the malware posing as an update for Visual Studio, a Microsoft ...

It's early, but 2025 is not shaping up to be a great year for Mac cybersecurity. In less than two months, we've seen numerous Mac malware threats targeting Apple laptops, which are generally ...

Advertisements that look like normal online ads but lead users to fraudulent websites for spreading malware are called ' malvertising.' On June 24, 2024, security company Malwarebytes discovered that ...

The FakeUpdate malware campaigns are increasingly becoming muddled, with two additional cybercrime groups tracked as TA2726 and TA2727, running campaigns that push a new macOS infostealer malware ...

Security company Norton has seized on the Flashback Trojan that has hit thousands of Apple Macs around the world, by releasing a free tool that it claims will detect and remove the malware. Initial ...