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Notes on internal MacOS anti-malware tool (aka XProtect)

02

Jul

2011

On August 28, 2009, Apple released Snow Leopard. One of new functions added to this version is basic anti-malware tool called “XProtect”. The name is based on the name of one .plist file which contains strings that are necessary for detection. Apple had not provided a name for the tool, so developers made it. Latest […]

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A Walkthrough of a FAKEAV Infection in Mac OS X

09

Jun

2011

For some years now, FAKEAV has been a plague in Windows systems. It’s only recently that this variant has entered the Mac OS X scene. As was the case with Windows-based FAKEAV, the most common infection vector for Mac FAKEAV is through poisoned search terms.Take for example the following poisoned search result:Accessing the website while […]

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What’s in Apple Security Update 2011-03?

06

Jun

2011

The recently reported malware attacks against Mac users prompted Apple to release a security update. We did an initial analysis on both the FAKEAV for Macs as well as the latest Apple security update in our previous blog entry. I’ve extracted the version of XProtect.plist (Apple’s pattern file) to dig deeper what’s inside. The .PLIST […]

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