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Mac Spyware Found at Oslo Freedom Forum

May

2013

The Oslo Freedom Forum is an annual event “exploring how best to challenge authoritarianism and promote free and open societies.” This year’s conference (which took place May 13-15) had a workshop for freedom of speech activists on how to secure their devices against government monitoring. During the workshop, Jacob Appelbaum actually discovered a new and […]

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Our Mac Antivirus Blocks Java Exploits

Feb

2013

Yesterday, two of our analysts, Brod and Timo, tested a Facebook/Apple hack related Java exploit with our Anti-Virus for Mac. And the result? Our Mac AV blocked the exploit with a generic detection (created Nov. 19th 2012) called: Exploit:Java/Majava.B. Nice! So, how is the sample related? On February 15th, Mac malware samples were shared via […]

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New Mac Malware Found on Dalai Lama Related Website

Dec

2012

Acting on a tip, a member of our Threat Research team (Brod) has discovered a Dalai Lama related website is compromised and is pushing new Mac malware, called Dockster, using a Java-based exploit.Page source from gyalwarinpoche.com:Here’s a screenshot of gyalwarinpoche.com from Google’s cache:Note: Google’s November 27th snapshot also includes a link to the malicious exploit […]

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