According to researchers at BAE, a recent Mac malware infestation was carried out using a security hole in a utility called MacKeeper.
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“Dear Facebook, I DEMAND that you ignore my demands” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly security news video, for your viewing pleasure. Fun with a serious side, in just one minute…watch now!
Thunderstrike – new Mac “ueberrootkit” could own your Apple forever
Security researcher Trammell Hudson wondered how deeply you could embed a rootkit into a Mac. Forget hacking the kernel, or even the boot sector…what about targeting the Boot ROM chip itself?
POODLE attack takes bytes out of your enrypted data – here’s what to do
Heartbleed, Shellshock, Sandworm…and now POODLE. It’s a security hole that could let crooks read your encrypted web traffic. Paul Ducklin takes you through how it works, and what you can do to avoid it, in plain (well, plain-ish) English…
Privacy and iOS 8, USMS blunder and Cryptowall ransomware – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
One minute of fun with a serious side… 60 Second Security – 21 June 2014
SSCC 151 – Measuring vulns, Apple and Wi-Fi privacy, Android ransomware and more [PODCAST]
It’s our weekly security pocast! Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin dig into the latest security news for lessons we can all learn…