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Apple removed the popular app Adware Doctor because steals user browsing history

Security Affairs

Apple has removed one of the most popular anti-malware app called Adware Doctor:Anti Malware &Ad from the official macOS App Store. Adware Doctor the top paid utility in the official Mac App Store, it has a good reputation with thousands of reviews and a 4.8 Adware Doctor is stealing your privacy. star rating.

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macOS: Bashed Apples of Shlayer and Bundlore

Security Affairs

Though these scripts have slight variations, they mostly belong to a plague of adware strains— Shlayer and Bundlore. The malicious shell scripts used by Shlayer and Bundlore are usually malvertising-focused adware bundlers using shell scripts in the kill chain to download and install an adware payload.

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IT threat evolution in Q3 2022. Non-mobile statistics

SecureList

LockBit themselves attributed the leakage to one of their developers’ personal initiative, not the group’s getting hacked. The former threatened files accessible from the internet over SMB protocol and protected by a weak account password. One way or another, the LockBit 3.0 AdWare.OSX.Amc.e,

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IT threat evolution Q1 2021

SecureList

Once the victim has started the program, it changes the DNS settings on the device so that all domains are resolved through the attackers’ servers: this prevents the victim from accessing certain antivirus sites. Most malicious objects detected for the macOS platform are adware. Secondhand news.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)