A new variant of the multi-stage Shlayer malware known to target macOS users has been observed in the wild, now being capable to escalate privileges using a two-year-old technique and to disable the ...

The notarized malware payloads were discovered in a recent MacOS adware campaign, disguised as Adobe Flash Player updates. Apple accidentally approved one of the most popular Mac malware threats – OSX ...

The malware uses thousands of partner websites to spread malvertising code. The malvertising-focused trojan known as Shlayer has burbled to the top of the malware heap when it comes to targeting Mac ...

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For decades, Mac users had to worry less about malware than their Windows-using counterparts, but over the last few years that's begun to change. In an attempt to crack down on growing threats like ...

The authors of the Mac malware known as Shlayer have successfully managed to get their malicious payloads through Apple's automated notarizing process. Since February 2020 all Mac software distributed ...

Shlayer, a Trojan that infects up to one in 10 of all global MacOS systems, received a huge leg up in its infection campaign when Apple blessed an infected application as "safe" and gave it a place in ...

The popular misconception that Macs don’t get viruses has become a lot less popular in recent years, as Apple devices have weathered their fair share of bugs. But it’s still surprising that the most ...

Almost two years have passed since the appearance of Shlayer, a piece of Mac malware that gets installed by tricking targets into installing fake Adobe Flash updates. It usually does so after ...