More often then not, I ended up turning to a little app called AdwareMedic, but that was later bought up by MalwareBytes, arguably one of the best known anti-malware apps on Windows.

The problem you then run into is you’re not sure if it’s one bad app or several ones that have been let in by the first, not to mention how deep their hooks can sink into your system. But every once in a while you find someone that has downloaded something they didn’t actually need, like a fake “Flash update” or some sort of “clean my Mac” pop up that scares them into downloading these things. Even with all that said, there are some bad actors that are wanting to put their malicious software on your machine.Įven in my line of work, I don’t run into Mac malware often. Some of this has been due to Mac’s relatively low market share in the desktop market, others say it’s because of Mac’s stronger security compared to Windows (in reality it’s a bit of both). Even going back to the classic “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads. Since then, the group has been found leveraging two more ransomware families called Maui and H0lyGh0st as a way to generate a constant stream of illicit revenue, painting a picture of a financially motivated group that's using a wide array of methods to meet the regime's operational objectives.It’s been a running theme, or joke depending on who you ask, that Macs just don’t get viruses. In May 2022, Trellix uncovered overlaps between four ransomware strains, viz BEAF, PXJ, ZZZZ and CHiCHi, and another ransomware known as VHD that surfaced in 2020 as part of the threat actor's multi-platform malware framework called MATA. government back in 2019, has further diversified its tactics by dipping its toe in the world of ransomware.

The advanced persistent threat actor, which is already in the crosshairs of international authorities after having been sanctioned by the U.S. Last month, it came to light that the $620 million Axie Infinity hack attributed to the collective was the result of one of its former employees getting duped by a fraudulent job opportunity on LinkedIn. 'The Operation Dream Job is basically an umbrella covering Operation In(ter)ception and Operation North Star,' ESET malware researcher Dominik Breitenbacher told The Hacker News. Join our webinar and learn how to stop ransomware attacks in their tracks with real-time MFA and service account protection. Learn to Stop Ransomware with Real-Time Protection

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