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MacOS Bug Could Let Malicious Code Break Out of Application Sandbox

13

Jul

2022

Microsoft has revealed a now-fixed flaw in Apple’s macOS that allowed specific kinds of code to bypass the operating system’s App Sandbox restrictions on third-party applications, potentially allowing attackers to escalate device privileges and install additional malicious payloads. Microsoft shares credit for the find (CVE-2022-26706) with researcher Arsenii Kostromin, the company said in its announcement, […]

Category Cyber-crime Malware Written by Darkreading 0 Comments

‘Callback’ Phishing Campaign Impersonates Security Firms

12

Jul

2022

A new callback phishing campaign is impersonating prominent security companies to try to trick potential victims into making a phone call that will instruct them to download malware. Researchers at CrowdStrike Intelligence discovered the campaign because CrowdStrike is actually one of the companies, among other security firms, being impersonated, they said in a recent blog […]

Category Cyber-crime Malware Phishing Written by Threatpost 0 Comments

Researchers Warn of New OrBit Linux Malware That Hijacks Execution Flow

06

Jul

2022

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a new and entirely undetected Linux threat dubbed OrBit, signally a growing trend of malware attacks geared towards the popular operating system. The malware gets its name from one of the filenames that’s utilized to temporarily store the output of executed commands (“/tmp/.orbit”), according to cybersecurity firm Intezer. […]

Category Cyber-crime General Malware Written by Thehackernews 0 Comments

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MacOS Bug Could Let Malicious Code Break Out of Application Sandbox

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