MacOS Archives

Hackers have been exploiting ‘dangerous’ MacOS bug to run malware campaign

Apple's grappling with another flaw.

Apr 26, 2021 By Shannon Vavra

Macbook Air, Apple, MacOS — (LibreShot / Martin Vorel)

MacOS backdoor appears to be update of tool previously used by Vietnam-linked group

Researchers at Trend Micro say a newly discovered MacOS backdoor uses tactics previously associated with the group known as APT32 or OceanLotus.

Nov 30, 2020 By Joe Warminsky

Apple MacBook dongles — (Blake Patterson / Flickr)

Pwn2Own hackers go remote, then crack macOS and Oracle machines anyway

One team used the calculator app in a macOS as an entrypoint into taking over an entire machine.

Mar 20, 2020 By Jeff Stone

Apple disables group chat on FaceTime after discovery of bad bug

A fix for the FaceTime bug is expected to ship to all users within the next week.

Jan 29, 2019 By Greg Otto

Android updates — (Flickr user Larry Qian

No one is updating their Android devices, new data shows

"Patch early and often?" Not so much.

May 23, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

Alex Plaskett (AlaxJPlaskett), Georgi Geshev (munmap), Fabi Beterke (pwnfl4k3s) targeting Apple Safari with a sandbox escape at Pwn2Own 2018

Hackers beat Firefox and Safari to earn $105K at Pwn2Own

Chinese contestants from major companies had been dominating the contest in recent years, but new regulations from Beijing prohibited them from joining this year's fray.

Mar 16, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

Serious flaw in Apple’s MacOS allows any user to gain full root access

Anyone who can click a few buttons and type "root" can get admin access to Apple machines running High Sierra.

Nov 28, 2017 By Greg Otto